Point Comfort: where slavery in America began 400 years ago
In 1619, a ship with 20 captives landed at Virginia, ushering in the era of slavery in what would become the United States David Smith in Washington @smithinamerica Wed […]
How genetics is settling the Aryan migration debate
Tony Joseph June 16, 2017 New DNA evidence is solving the most fought-over question in Indian history. And you will be surprised at how sure-footed the answer is, writes […]
British empire : Britain’s story of empire is based on myth. We need to know the truth
Priyamvada Gopal If we were taught just how much the UK was shaped by its colonies, the shared history would unite rather than divide us Sat 6 Jul 2019 […]
Prophet Muhammad’s Rarely-Known Decree To the Armenian Patriarch of Jerusalem
By Harut Sassounian For many years, I have heard that there had been written communication between the Prophet Muhammad and the Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem, but I had not seen […]
Scientific heritage of Fuat Sezgin to be appreciated at symposium
DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL Published 11.06.2019 Fuat Sezgin founded the Institute for the Arabic-Islamic Sciences, affiliated with Goethe University in Frankfurt in 1982. As part of 2019 Professor Emeritus Fuat Sezgin […]
Our glorious past is what we remember. The brutality behind it we’ve forgotten
Gary Younge When we choose we can relive 1066, yet we have wilful amnesia about the shameful events of our recent history @garyyounge Fri 31 May I Immediately after the […]
A 2000-year-old guest from Pakistan comes to Switzerland
By Anand Chandrasekhar MP3 FILE DESCRIPTION THIS CONTENT WAS PUBLISHED ON MAY 5, 2019 11:00 AMMAY 5, 2019 – 11:00 Convincing Pakistan to lend an ancient Gandhara Buddha statue to […]
Cambridge is right: you can’t take pride in the past and ignore the horror of slavery
Gaby Hinsliff The university’s inquiry into its links to the slave trade is an admirable attempt to grapple with the whole truth of its history Tue 30 Apr 2019 ‘Unless […]
700 Years of Persian Manuscripts Now Digitized and Available Online
in Archives, Art, Books, Literature, Poetry, Religion | April 5th, 2019 Too often those in power lump thousands of years of Middle Eastern religion and culture into monolithic entities to […]
Why Ancient Rome Needed Immigrants to Become Powerful
APR 3, 2019 The Caesars embraced newcomers, less out of idealism than out of self-interest. BARRY STRAUSS How “Roman” was the Roman Empire? Well, by some measures: not very. As the Roman emperors sought to expand and strengthen their empire, they recognized that immigration was a means for both. Although […]
History: When the Americans bombed a Swiss city
By Sibilla Bondolfi (Text), Ester Unterfinger (Photo editing) Residents of the community of Feuerthalen rescue their belongings from the fire. After 371 bombs were dropped, numerous fires broke out. (Walter […]
These jewelry pieces from ancient Egypt prove that the civilization was ahead of its time
January 28, 2019 at 04:00 pm | CULTURE ELIZABETH OFOSUAH JOHNSON | Staff Writer Elizabeth Johnson is a Ghanaian –Nigerian avid reader and lover of the Creative Arts. She is […]
10 African Civilizations More Amazing Than Ancient Egypt
Unknown to most people, hundreds of smaller kingdoms have popped up throughout Africa’s history, with some eventually growing into powerful empires. These vast nations united Africa, managed wealthy trade […]
Has the mystery of Alexander the Great’s death been solved? New theory claims a rare neurological disorder took his life – and left him alive but paralyzed for six days while staff prepared his body for burial
Mark Prigg For Dailymail.com It has baffled historians, but the mystery of Alexander the Great’s death may finally have been solved. Previous theories have concluded he died from infection, […]
Can Urdu and Hindi be one language?
The politics of Hindi–Urdu division — and unity — stretch back to at least the 19th century. David LunnUpdated Jan 24, 2019 —Illustration by Khuda Bux Abro/Dawn “Where did […]
Early history of Islam needs fresh appraisal.
Madani, Azad, Maududi and their posterity have the same vision of Islam with minor variations. This should not be surprising because they had received traditional madrassa-based education and associated upbringing […]
Early History of Islam needs fresh appraisal — IX
Jinnah, within days of Pakistan’s creation, asked Muhammad Asad to establish the Department of Islamic Reconstruction M Aamer Sarfraz December 7, 2018 Allama Iqbal had lost faith in the […]
Is seeing believing? How documentaries are taking liberties with historical truth
Recreating ‘authenticity’ to engage audiences risks undermining a proper reliance on archive sources, says Robert Fisk @indyvoices The Independent When I was five years old, my parents arranged for a local photographer in Maidstone to take a portrait picture of their beloved son. A tall gentleman arrived at our home […]
Seven wonders of Switzerland – Switzerland: home to one of Europe’s oldest monasteries
Nov 22, 2018 In the east of Switzerland, in Val Müstair, is one of the oldest churches in Europe. Here, in the Middle Ages, Charlemagne was venerated as a saint. […]
Thanksgiving Promotes Whitewashed History, So I Organized Truthsgiving Instead
By Christine Nobiss Courtesy of Christine Nobiss/Ducka Zo Yooxot Likipt, Cayuse In this op-ed, Christine Nobiss, MA (Religious Studies), Plains Cree/Saulteaux of the George Gordon First Nation and Decolonizer with […]
