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Replica San Salvador: Step aboard and back in time
5+ day, 4+ hour ago (671+ words) The sight of the 16th-century galleon San Salvador slicing through the waters of San Diego Bay and beyond must look magnificent, but we can’t see it because we’re on it. My friends and I are privileged to be aboard this…...
Our pay is called a ‘salary’, but were Roman soldiers really paid in salt?
1+ week, 2+ day ago (890+ words) Every second Wednesday, like clockwork, my salary arrives in my bank account. By Thursday, most of it is gone. Recently, though, as I contemplated its fortnightly appearance and disappearance, I started thinking about the origin of the word “salary”. As…...
National Geographic airs How the Tudors Lost Their Heads this September
3+ week, 2+ day ago (397+ words) National Geographic has announced How the Tudors Lost Their Heads, a new six-part documentary series presented by historians Dan Snow MBE and Professor Suzannah Lipscomb. The series will premiere on National Geographic in the UK on 6 September at 8pm, with episodes…...
Streamer BBC Select digs up ancient history series from Woodcut Media
3+ week, 2+ day ago (142+ words) Ancients: The Greatest Finds is set for delivery in December BBC Studios-owned streaming service BBC Select has commissioned a new ancient history documentary series from UK indie Woodcut Media, which Woodcut will be shopping to buyers at Mipcom in October....