World Regions & Civilizations

6+ hour, 22+ min ago   (502+ words) A criminal complaint filed against cantons Zurich, Bern and Solothurn has brought the question of Switzerland’s role in the slave trade before the courts. At its heart is the allegation that the historical predecessors of the three cantons helped to…...

4+ hour, 20+ min ago   (156+ words) The exhibition “Faith and Identity: Relics from the History Museum of Armenia” was officially inaugurated at the Byzantine Museum of the Archbishop Makarios III Foundation in Nicosia. Initiated by the Embassy of the Republic of Armenia in Cyprus, the exhibition…...

9+ hour, 12+ min ago   (656+ words) The Mapestry of Higham Ferrers was created by the Material Girls A small Northamptonshire town is hoping to capitalise on the country's current fascination with the Bayeux Tapestry. Canny tourism officers in Higham Ferrers say the town's own impressive hand-sewn…...

23+ hour, 54+ min ago   (307+ words) A drawing copy of the Bayeux Tapestry, created in almost the same scale more than 170 years ago, has been restored and put on display. The replica, based on the embroidered depiction of the French invasion and eventual conquest of England…...

1+ day, 9+ hour ago   (669+ words) The cloth, which is not woven like a tapestry, lists milestones in Hockham's history A village is hoping to interest more people in local history with the creation of its own "Bayeux Tapestry". Inspired by the 70-metre long artwork which…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago   (795+ words) Global Threads research project reveals how slavery hung ‘like a spectre’ over the Peterloo massacre and other Mancunian struggles for equality They were the killings that changed Britain, paving the way for working-class people’s right to vote, as well as…...

1+ day, 8+ hour ago   (1293+ words) By day, they were Indiana Jones. By night, some magically became James Bond. Armed with shovels, notebooks and a fascination for lost civilizations, foreign archaeologists ventured deep into the Ottoman Empire as the 19th century gave way to the 20th. They unearthed…...

1+ day, 15+ hour ago   (971+ words) Saturday | October 10, 2026 | Dhaka The Rohingya question is often reduced to a simple dispute: are the Rohingya indigenous to Arakan, or are they recent migrants from Bengal? Such a binary approach does not adequately reflect the region’s complex history. Arakan—today…...

1+ day, 22+ hour ago   (226+ words) | The Wall Street Journal - newspaper Magzter Here, in Athens, we found the first full realization of all the essential traits that would come to define the West: fierce individuality and relentless ambition; daring exploration and invention; a yearning for discovery,…...

1+ day, 20+ hour ago   (813+ words) The standard figure for Lake Michigan's shoreline is more than 1,600 miles. Niewenhuis walked 1,019. That is a gap of roughly 620 miles, or 38 percent, and neither number is wrong. The reason is a genuine problem in geography called the coastline paradox. Measure…...