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African-Americans and the Greek Revolution: The case of James Jakob Williams (photos)

It is not known, but the Greek Revolution formed the basis & the Greek slaves became the symbols of the struggle for the abolition of slavery in the USA

Kastri hill: The best-preserved ancient settlement in Greece

Kastri is 345 m tall, located at the borders between the prefectures of Preveza and Arta

Chocolate Trail: Sacred Maya cacao groves found in Mexico’s Yucatan (video)

Maya cacao grown in an overly dry Mexican climate?

Australian experts declare they’ve found Captain Cook’s ship Endeavour sparking row with US researchers

The ship was famously used by Cook on his first voyage of discovery to the Pacific Ocean between 1768 & 1771

Digital map of the Greek Revolution on Google maps: Hundreds of facts & information

The Fall of Tripoli, the Exit of Messolonghi, the Destruction of Psara, the Battle of Navarino: Milestone-events of the 1821 Greek Struggle for Liberation

Invisible new threat facing Hadrian’s Wall as it marks 1,900 years

This UNESCO World Heritage Site, one of our ancient treasures, is under threat because of a delay to a new heritage payments scheme for farmers...

That time an RAF pilot stole a plane in grand protest (video)

Flt. Lt. Alan Pollock was in a Hawker Hunter when he decided to take a flight down the River Thames and, eventually, through Tower Bridge

Wounded Knee: US Army massacres Sioux Indians – 131 years to the day

The conflict at Wounded Knee was originally referred to as a battle, but in reality it was a tragic and avoidable massacre

This Japanese pilot led the attack on Pearl Harbor then moved to the US

It was Mitsuo Fuchita who called the infamous words “Tora! Tora! Tora!” over the radio to the other Japanese planes

The incredible story of the Africar: The wooden-bodied car for Africa (video)

It's worthy of a Hollywood film: Millions of dollars, a global adventure, a wildly unusual car & ultimately a controversial prison sentence

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