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History is no longer just a collection of dates, locations and events, it is a provocation, a reality, and a justification. History becomes a raying call if not a war cry but what is the history of any event?
Hernan Cortes fled the Aztec capital Tenochtitlan in 1520 under blistering military assault, losing the bulk of his troops on his escape to the coast.
Queen Elizabeth II was not informed in advance about the 1975 dismissal of Australia's prime minister by her representative in the country, letters kept secret for decades and released Tuesday revealed.
A symbol of power and prestige, the celebrated purple colour was traditionally used for royal and imperial robes, and its production, which is part of a secret guarded so closely that it disappeared hundreds of years ago.
The fort had inspired her to discover and dig deep into the rich history of the UAE, and the big steps it took towards modernisation within a few years
A team of scientists in Chile have said that they found a human footprint that dates back more than 15,000 years, the oldest one ever found in the Americas, the media reported on Tuesday.
Argentine researchers have announced the discovery of fossilized skin on the remains of the wing of a 43-million-year-old penguin on Marambio Island in the Antarctic.
The coffins, or sarcophagi, include the first dating back to the New Kingdom to be found at Saqqara, a Unesco World Heritage Site.
Sheikh Mohamed Bin Zayed tweeted, “During a call with President Trump and Prime Minister Netanyahu, an agreement was reached to stop further Israeli annexation of Palestinian territories. The UAE and Israel also agreed to cooperation and setting a roadmap towards establishing a bilateral relationship.”
The 160-year-old Sursock palace in Beirut withstood two world wars, the fall of the Ottoman Empire, the French mandate and Lebanese independence
