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The 8th November is celebrated as Archangels Day in Greece, but on that November day in 1977 CE something remarkable happened: an excavation team led by Professor Manolis Andronikos were roped down into the eerie gloom of an unlooted Macedonian-styled...

In this interview, World History Encyclopedia sits down with author and Assyriologist Amanda H. Podany to learn all about her new book Weavers, Scribes, and Kings: A New History of the Ancient Near East published by Oxford University Press...

A photograph of the announcement of the Kellogg-Briand Pact of 1928, an international attempt to ensure future world peace. Speaking is Aristide Briand (1862-1932), the French statesman, while immediately on the right is Frank B. Kellogg...

A photograph of the leaders of Britian, USA, and USSR - Winston Churchill, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Jospeph Stalin - at the Yalta Conference of February 1945 which discussed how to best end the Second World War (1939-45) and what the post-war...

A photograph of the 'Big Four' leaders at the Paris Peace Conference at Versailles which decided peace terms after the First World War (1914-18). Left to Right: Prime Minister of Italy Vittorio Orlando (1860-1952), Prime Minister of the United...

A photograph of Gustav Stresemann (1878-1929), Austen Chamberlain (1863-1937), and Aristide Briand (1862-1932), leaders of the German, British, and French delegations at the Locarno Confrence of 1925 which decided the terms of the Locarno...

A photograph of UK Prime Minister Clement Attlee, US President Harry S. Truman, and the Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin at the Potsdam Conference in Germany, July-August 1945. The conference discussed issues concerning the conclusion of the...

A photograph of the leaders of Britain and USA, Winston Churchill and Franklin D. Roosevelt, in discussion during the Yalta Conference of February 1945 which discussed how to best end the Second World War (1939-45) and what the post-war world...

A gouache on paper painting titled Henry Kissinger 1923-2023 by Nicha Sursock. This is part of a series of 43 works representing the history of the USA. Kissinger as the US Secretary of State and National Security Advisor under presidents...

A photograph of the delegates at the Potsdam Conference in Germany, July-August 1945. The conference, attended by representatives of the United States, Britain, and the USSR, discussed issues concerning the conclusion of the Second World...