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Interview: UNESCO Archives Digitization Project
Ancient History Encyclopedia has partnered with the UNESCO Archives, which we are very excited about. Our mission aligns very much with UNESCO, wanting to bring about peace and international understanding to the world through cultural heritage...
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Teaching From Home: Free Resources for Teachers and Parents
Schools are closed in most countries and everyone has to adapt to a new reality of online learning. It is not easy for students, teachers and parents alike. Learning and teaching from home require a different approach. Ancient History...
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SHIPWRECK OF THE EMPRESS OF IRELAND
On May 29, 1914 the Norwegian ship the SS Storstad collided with transatlantic liner the RMS Empress of Ireland. The Empress was equipped with watertight compartments and unlike the Titanic which had sunk two years earlier it carried more...
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UNESCO Archives Film Collection - The World Saves Abu Simbel (1972)
Digitized by the UNESCO Archives. A production of UNESCO and the Abu Simbel Joint Venture. When the work began on the High Aswan Dam in Upper Egypt, the two temples of Abu Simbel, carved in the living rock which rises from the banks of...
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Corpse of Lakota Chief Spotted Elk After Wounded Knee Massacre
The dead body of Lakota Sioux Chief Spotted Elk (also known as Big Foot, l. 1826-1890) lies in the snow after the Wounded Knee Massacre of 29 December 1890.
US National Archives and Records Administration.
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Lakota Sioux Leader Sitting Bull, 1885
Lakota Sioux holy man and leader, Sitting Bull, in 1885.
U.S. National Archives and Records Administration.
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Law of Separation of Churches and the State
Law of Separation of Churches and the State, 1905.
National Archives of France.
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Chief Gall of the Lakota Sioux in 1881
Lakota Sioux War Chief Gall, photographed by David Francis Barry at Fort Buford, North Dakota, 1881.
U.S. National Archives and Records Administration.
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Edict of Nantes
The Edict of Nantes, guaranteeing religious freedom in France, issued by Henry IV of France in 1598.
National Archives of France.
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Warrant for the Execution of Charles I
The signed and sealed death warrant for the execution of Charles I of England (r. 1625-1649) in London on 30 January 1649.
National Archives, London.