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On the night of 30 June to 1 July 1839, led by Sengbe Pieh, 53 recently captured Africans of Mende origin revolted against their jailers on the Spanish schooner La Amistad
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#slavery#amistad#History#abolition
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Do you know who holds the record of the world's tallest man? Find out in this video !
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#robertwadlow#WorldRecord#tallestman
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This video is the first of a series on African Americans in the US army who fought during the WW2 and whose stories are not well known and documented.
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Pyramid of WWI German helmets, New York, 1919.
There were over 12,000 German Pickelhaubes on the pyramid, sent from warehouses in Germany at the end of the war. There is a hollow supporting structure underneath the helmets.
#Roman mosaic showing a lion knocking down a panther. The #mosaic can be seen at the Archaeological Museum of #Naples, and it comes from the so-called the Pigeon House in #Pompeii, located in the southwestern part of the archaeological site.
#History
A #Maya turquoise-mosaic disk found within the throne seat of Chac Mool at #ChichenItza. Made of wood, slate, turquoise, shell and coral. 900-1250 AD, now housed at the National Museum of Anthropology in #Mexico City
#History
#Mummy of a hunting #dog found in tomb KV 50 nearby tomb of king Amenhotep II (18th Dynasty) in the Valley of the King: dogs often were buried near their owners and probably this dog belonged to the king or a member of his family #AncientEgypt
The Tomb of Christopher #Columbus at the #Cathedral of Santa María de la Sedein, Seville, #Spain. His tomb is held aloft by four allegorical figures representing the four kingdoms of Spain during Columbus’ life, Castille, Aragon, Navara, and Leon. The tomb was installed 1899.
#Roman hoard found by metal detectorist Bill Darley in 1995, near the Oxfordshire town of Didcot and consisted of 126 aurei. The latest #coin in the hoard dates from 160 AD.
#History
The Puuc style arch in Labna served as a passageway between two public areas within the site of #Labna in present day #Yucatán, #Mexico. Constructed around 800-900 AD
#History
A 25,000-year-old engraving of a woman at Cussac cave in #France. The cave, which was discovered on September 30, 2000 by amateur #speleologist Marc Delluc, contains over 150 #Paleolithic artworks as well as several human remains
#History