#OnThisDay in 1841, the first wagon train arrives in California after a five and a half month and 1,730 mile journey over the Sierra Nevada from Missouri.

'One big royal family going to war against itself.'
Watch S Sebag Montefiore, author of the epic new #TheWorldaFamilyHistory , in the all-new, original four-part series #TheRoyalMob ! Starting Monday 7th @ 9pm on Sky Sky HISTORY 👇👇👇

New art exhibit lifts up overlooked women at the forefront of historical change

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bronze in the lifting, gold for the hair

Mysteries of King Tut: What we still don't know nationalgeographic.co.uk/photography/20… via National Geographic UK

XXII Olympic Games. Winners of the weightlifting competition, 110 kg division. Soviet weightlifter Leonid Taranenko, center, got the gold medal, Valentin Khristov from Bulgaria, left, got the silver and Hungary's Gyorgy Szalai got the bronze.

How you feel when you use a fancy word that you just learned thirty seconds ago.

Hey. 🌷 how are you guys doing today?

Tomb carved from a single giant rock almost 2,000 years ago in Arabia.

Masada, a rugged natural fortress, in Judaean Desert overlooking Dead Sea. It is a symbol of ancient kingdom of Israel, its violent destruction and last stand of Jewish patriots in face of Roman army in 73 AD.

#archaeohistories

These two snake armlets, made of gold & green glass, were made in #Roman Egypt in the C1st AD - they are beautiful pieces of jewellery, which must once have been much treasured by their owners #Roman Archaeology

I love Twitter and the community we’ve built in this platform over the years. Hopefully we will be able to continue here doing what we’ve been doing for 7 years: talking about history, photography, art, dogs and occasionally butts - basically, just having fun.

#Romanesque portal at Schloss Tirol which towers above Merano in the Italian #Dolomites .

#AdoorableThursday

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The lute player, 1597 #baroque #caravaggio wikiart.org/en/caravaggio/…

Ensemble by House of Worth, 1910. Cincinnati Art Museum.

Marina Amaral You can visit Plas Newydd, now in the hands of the National Trust where you can see many (if not all) of these photos for real!

Marina Amaral You know there has to be butt pics out there somewhere.