First shot fired in WW1- today in 1914.
The first shot fired by a soldier in a British uniform rang out on 7 August in West Africa. A reminder of the global and imperial nature of the First World War. The terrible fighting in France and Belgium became infamous but there were campaigns in Africa, Asia and across the world’s oceans.
Who is the most badass woman in history?
Jeanne de Clisson. And it’s not even close.
First ever meeting of a British king and a senior American Indian chief. In August 1734 a delegation of Cherokee Indians visited George II and Queen Caroline in this throne room at Kensington Palace.
How did the Romans go to the bathroom?!
At @butserancientfarm they have reconstructed a Roman villa the foundations of which were excavated from nearby Winchester. Outside the house was the bathroom.
Stunning remains of the Christian church at Petra
Stunning remains of the Christian church at Petra
What were the Stonehenge builders eating?
Recently we have been able to tell a huge amount of the diets of those people who gathered in the winter to build Stonehenge. Please check out my programme tonight on @channel5_tv at 9pm.
New World Heritage Site in Jordan. As-Salt, a beautiful town in which different religious communities have lived alongside each other for centuries.
Stone Age technology.
To dig out the pits that held the mighty stones and to work to wood and stone to build the structure, our Neolithic ancestors used two essential tools, antlers and flint.
Thank you to the @ancient_technology_centre for letting me mine some flint!
#ad Whisky Galore! In 1941, the SS Politician was wrecked off the Hebridean island of Eriskay, carrying 22,000 crates of Scotch whisky in its cargo... 👀
What followed was one of the most astonishing shipwreck stories in history. This week, join @thehistoryguy on the podcast as he teams up with the experts at @lrfhec to unravel the details of this outrageous tale.
Listen to Dan Snow’s History Hit wherever you get your podcasts 🎧
I looked over Jordan and what did I see?
Gladiators. Rome. Pompeii. The Colosseum.
Watch this space. Podcasts. TV shows. Social posts. On all things Gladiator.
The oldest large scale statues of humans ever found.
A collection of 20 of these plaster and reed statues were recovered during a road building project in Jordan in the 1980s. Hauntingly beautiful.
One of the most important ancient graves ever found.
This man, known as the Amesbury Archer, was discovered during the building of a school near Stonehenge. His grave contains the earliest gold items ever found in Britain alongside copper knives. His are among the first Bronze Age human remains ever found in Britain, making him a representative of the huge transition from an age of stone to an age of metal.
Today in 1545 while leading an attack on a squadron of French galleys in the Solent, Henry VIII’s powerful warship Mary Rose capsized.
Here’s the anchor! ⚓️
