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Quayle Bible Collection Spans Centuries
Imagine the sense of history you could get from viewing a Synagogue Roll, circa 12th or 13th century or a Latin Bible from 1469.
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The Weardale Museum
Find out how life really was in days gone by for folk living in a remote valley in the shadow of the backbone of northern England.
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Trouble at the US National Archives
The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) is missing dozens of historical documents and items, and no one knows where they are or how they disappeared.
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Google Books is a Goldmine for Genealogists
Google books is an amazing resource for finding books on any topic of interest. Many out of print and out of copyright books are being made available for download.
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The Europeana Website
A bold new online venture by a consortium of museums, libraries and other cultural providers in the European Union has been compared to the ancient library of Alexandria.
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Columbus, the Flat Earth Theory, and Other Myths
From Patrick Henry's "Give Me Liberty" speech to Equiano's autobiographical narrative, historians attempt to correct the record by questioning long held assumptions.
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The SS Great Britain
A critical revue and visitor perspective of Isambard Kingdom Brunel's inspirational spectacle of Victorian ship engineering, the SS Great Britain.
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Accessing UFO Files in UK Archives
The Ministry of Defence in the UK are now offering open access via the National Archives website to declassified documents on UFO sightings in the UK from 1978 to 2002
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Albert Kahn's Photo Archives
This article is an introduction to the amazing "Archives of the Planet," a collection of early colour photographs taken around the world between 1912 and 1931.
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