Perspectives
⛏️Nabta Playa: The 7,000-Year-Old Stone Circle of the Nubian Desert
⛏️Nabta Playa: The 7,000-Year-Old Stone Circle of the Nubian Desert Discovery and Location Nabta Playa lies hidden deep within the Nubian Desert, an arid and inhospitable region in southern Egypt, close to the border with Sudan. This vast desert landscape today is characterized by harsh winds, blazing sun, and seemingly endless sand dunes, but approximately 7,000 to 8,000 years ago, this area was dramatically different.
By Kek Viktor8 months ago in History
The Untold Story of the Pendle Witches.
Lancashire, England , 1612. It all started with a coin. A single, cold shilling passed between the rough fingers of a peddler and the calloused palm of Alizon Device, a young woman with nothing but her name and her need. She looked down at the man , John Law, a traveling merchant , and saw in him the same contempt she saw from every stranger: that narrowed gaze that weighed her by the dirt under her fingernails and the cadence of her accent. When he refused her charity, when he cursed her family’s name, Alizon cursed him back. Not with fire, not with brimstone , but with the sharp, childish instinct of someone whose powerlessness burns in the gut: “I hope your bones rot where you stand.” He collapsed not long after. His body failed him , a stroke, they said later , and the whispers started. In a place like Pendle, whispers are deadlier than wolves.
By Strategy Hub8 months ago in History
What History Was Meant To Leave Out
“In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.” Genesis 1:1-2
By Natasha Collazo8 months ago in History
Between a (Banaban) Rock and a Hard Place
What began as a friendly inter-island rugby game between Banaban and Fijian youths in the early 1980s unexpectedly turned sour, forcing the peace-loving Banabans to confront the precarious nature of life on their new island home, Rabi. As Banaban elders instructed women and children to remain behind locked doors, boatloads of Fijian youths arrived, seeking to settle scores from matches held earlier that day.
By Stacey King8 months ago in History
“How far you go in life depends on your being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving and tolerant of the weak and the strong. Because someday in life you will have been all of these.” —George Washington Carver
Black homesteaders were part of a larger land ownership movement in which settlers acquired and developed public lands for farming in 30 US states over a period of 100 years. The US federal government enacted these policies in areas that it wanted to populate with American citizens or prospective citizens (often to the detriment of the interests of the Native Americans who had previously occupied these lands. In total, some 30,000 black homesteaders obtained land claims in the course of this movement.
By Antoni De'Leon8 months ago in History
The Book of Enoch: The Banned Bible Text That Blows Open the Truth About Fallen Angels and the Nephilim
📜 A Book So Dangerous, They Took It Out of the Bible It’s one of the most controversial religious texts ever discovered — and yet most Christians have never read it.
By Rukka Nova8 months ago in History
Who Were the Nephilim? The Forbidden Giants of the Bible That Mainstream History Can’t Explain
👣 Giants in the Bible? It’s Right There in Genesis “There were giants in the earth in those days…” So begins Genesis 6:4, one of the most mysterious — and controversial — verses in the entire Bible.
By Rukka Nova8 months ago in History
Did Giants Once Walk the Earth? Unearthing the Evidence Behind One of History’s Tallest Mysteries
🦶 Footprints Too Big to Deny? From ancient scrolls to tribal myths, and from Biblical stories to massive “out-of-place” bones allegedly uncovered by early archaeologists — the belief that giants once roamed the earth is one of the oldest, most enduring, and most controversial legends in human history.
By Rukka Nova8 months ago in History
"I Spent a Week Living Like a 19th Century Aristocrat — Here’s What Modern Life Has Completely Forgotten"
My best friend, a history nerd with a flair for dramatics, challenged me to live an entire week like a 19th-century aristocrat. No electricity. No phones. No Uber Eats. Just corsets, candlelight, and carriages—or at least, their closest modern-day equivalents. I laughed. How hard could it be? A week of tea, long baths, and lounging around in lace sounded like a luxury spa retreat. Right?
By Nizam khan8 months ago in History
Why the Past 10 Years of American Life Have Been Uniquely Stupid
The past decade in America has been marked by a peculiar kind of chaos—one that feels both unprecedented and self-inflicted. From political dysfunction to social media-fueled outrage, from the erosion of public trust to the glorification of ignorance, the 2010s and early 2020s have often seemed like an experiment in mass irrationality. But why has American life felt so uniquely stupid in recent years? The answer lies in a combination of technological disruption, political polarization, economic anxiety, and cultural decay. These forces have converged to create an era where bad ideas spread faster than good ones, where institutions crumble under the weight of distrust, and where public discourse often feels like a race to the bottom.
By Silas Blackwood8 months ago in History
