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15 Historical Women They Should Have Taught You About In School
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Warrior women of Eigg and other tales from Small Isles
Aerial view of the harbour on Eigg
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Meet the 'Wheel of Giants', the 5,000-year-old Stonehenge of the Middle East | CBC News
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Who Were the Queens of the Norman English Kings?
Matilda (Edith) of Scotland (1080 - 1118). First wife of Henry I of England. Queen from 1100 - 1118. Mother of Empress Matilda.
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Queens Throughout History Part II: Hatshepsut/Zenobia/Zarmandukht/Dihya/Jadwiga/Mariam-uz-Zamani/Maria Theresa/Liliʻuokalani
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BURIALS of the Tudors
Lady Frances Brandon, Duchess of Suffolk (16 July 1517 – 20 November 1559) was the mother of Lady Jane Grey. Lady Frances was the daughter of Mary Tudor and Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk. Her tomb and effigy are in Westminster Abbey.
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Eight thousand years of natural selection in Europe
White skin developed in Europe only as recently as 8,000 years ago ~ Based on 83 human samples from Holocene Europe as analyzed under the 1000 Genomes Project, we now know that for the majority of the time that humans have lived in Europe, the people had dark skin, and the genes signifying light skin only appear within the past 8,000 years. This recent and relatively quick process of natural selection suggests that the traits which spread rapidly were advantageous within that environment.
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I Dream Of There
Edinburgh Castle, Scotland.
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This Iron Age, 3000 year old oak barrel was found in Ireland with exceptionally well-preserved butter inside. The butter has turned to white wax.
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The Celtic Psalter, the Oldest Scottish Book Remaining in Scotland
One of the oldest Scottish books remaining in Scotland: a psalter nearly 1,000 years old, The Psalms of King David is in Edinburgh University Library. It was probably produced by monks on Iona who were also associated with the making of The Book of Kells and it is thought that the book was written for someone of major importance, with one possibility being St Margaret who was Queen of Scotland around the time it was produced