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WWII Hero Audie Murphy: 'How Come I'm Not Dead?'

WWII Hero Audie Murphy: 'How Come I'm Not Dead?'

On January 26, 1945, Audie Murphy and some 40 U.S. troops sat shivering in a frigid, snow-covered clearing near the Alsatian town of Holtzwihr. The battle-weary soldiers had been ordered to hold a vital roadway until reinforcements arrived, but the operation was delayed and the promised relief was nowhere to be seen.

Shameful sell-off of ancient Sekhemka statue makes museum a pariah

Shameful sell-off of ancient Sekhemka statue makes museum a pariah

A 4,400-year-old Egyptian statue will be sold by Northampton Museum in England, the Council has decided.

Hatshepsut (Artist's Impression)

Hatshepsut (Artist's Impression)

Egyptian Pharaoh Hatshepsut (1479-1458 BCE) depicted in the game Old World.

Archaeologists discover 300 burials in ancient Merovingian necropolis

Archaeologists discover 300 burials in ancient Merovingian necropolis

Archaeologists carrying out excavations at a site in Saint-Aubin-des-Champs in France have uncovered an ancient Merovingian necropolis dating back to the 5th-7th centuries AD, according to a report in

United States Information Agency - History

United States Information Agency - History

United States Information Agency - independent federal agency which reports directly to the President of the United States and is, thus, part of the Executive branch of the federal government.. The USIA serves to coordinate educational, cultural and media programs which project a positive image of the United States to foreign nations.

The Norman Conquest of 1066 CE

The Norman Conquest of 1066 CE

The Norman Conquest entirely changed the history of England from 1066 CE onwards. After Harold II's defeat and death at the Battle of Hastings in 1066 CE, William the Conqueror was made the new king...