Category: History

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Video – Perfectly Preserved Byzantine Ship

By Alex Webley on Nov 18, 2009 in History | Print This Post

Amazing video of a ship which sank around 1500 years ago – in the Byzantine era – and which is perfectly preserved. The ship is perfectly preserved due to the nature of the Black Sea and the depth of water where it sank. To me, people, cultures and history are fascinating. This video is a [...]

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Fascinating British natural/naval history – Google Earth, Nelson & trees

By Alex Webley on Apr 29, 2009 in History | Print This Post

I enjoy history, though do not have time for in depth study of the subject these days because I have to allocate my study resources elsewhere. Today I came across this interesting article about Nelson, Google Earth, clumps of trees and a historic naval battle: Nelson’s battlefield: Google Earth finds the forgotten clumps of trees [...]

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