Während die Armeen aufeinanderstießen, blieben die Zivilisten zurück – in brennenden Städten, auf verwüsteten Feldern, in Häusern, die plötzlich zu Lazaretten wurden.
Known as the "e;Atlantis of the Sands,"e; the fabled city of Ubar was said to be a place of unimaginable wealth, suddenly swallowed by the harsh Arabian desert.
Der Triumph stellt fur die romische Gesellschaft einen zentralen Ort der Selbstauslegung, der Inszenierung von Macht sowie der Formierung des kollektiven Gedachtnisses dar.
In 463 Einträgen erschließt der Katalog die Leichenpredigten und sonstigen Trauerschriften in der Bibliothek der Evangelisch-Lutherischen Kirchgemeinde Arnstadt, die zu den ältesten überlieferten protestantischen Kirchenbibliotheken in Thüringen zählt.
Mit der Erschließung der Hennebergischen Gymnasialbibliothek in Schleusingen wendet sich die Forschungsstelle für Personalschriften einem Bestand zu, der insbesondere für die Erforschung thüringischer und fränkischer Regionalgeschichte der Frühen Neuzeit von hohem Interesse ist.
So eindeutig eine alltagsweltliche Definition von Luxus zu sein scheint, so komplex wird es, wenn man sich dem schillernden Phänomen wissenschaftlich nähern möchte: Welche Objekte und Praktiken gelten als Luxus?
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Droving was once the lifeblood of Scotland's rural economy, and for centuries Scotland's glens and mountain passes were alive with thousands of cattle making their way to the market trysts of Crieff and Falkirk.
In late November, 1893, a humpback whale - as rare a sight in the North Sea then as it would be now - followed herring shoals into the Tay estuary, and travelled as far upstream as Dundee docks to linger in the home waters of the biggest whaling fleet in Britain, and one of the biggest in Europe.
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Longlisted for the American Library in Paris book award 2026A Shortlist 'Must Read' non-fiction bookA glorious fusion of history and art, A Vast Horizon tells the story of Pablo Picasso and his free-spirited friends, including Lee Miller and Man Ray, in the tumultuous years around the Second World War.
On Easter Monday, between 1,000 and 1,500 Irish Volunteers and members of the Irish Citizen Army seized the General Post Office and other key locations in Dublin.
Over the centuries countless Scots have travelled to every conceivable corner of the globe - some to start a new life, others asentrepreneurs, explorers, missionaries, colonial administrators, soldiers and in a multitude of other contexts.