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This was the translation that jumpstarted Penguin Classics. A generation who had experienced war firsthand read this clear prose version with new eyes. And Rieu began it to distract his family in London during the Blitz, reading them new episodes as the bombs fell.

#OnThisDay 171 years ago Birmingham New Street station formally opened and became the LNWR terminus for trains from London. It had the widest iron-and-glass roof in the world upon opening, surpassed by St Pancras in 1868, sadly swept away by 1960's redevelopment Birmingham New Street

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Yesterday I visited Carisbrooke Castle on the Isle of Wight. The site began life in the C11th as a Saxon “burh” before being converted into a motte & bailey after the Norman conquest. The remains of the Saxon stone wall can still be seen half way up the current bank #SaxonSunday

Ok… why isn’t this talked about more? 👀 That’s a real photo of a diver in front of a 2,000-year-old Egyptian stele… at the bottom of the sea. This comes from Heracleion, an ancient city that literally vanished beneath the waves over 1,000 years ago. People thought it was a

Join our guided tour to discover Chester's powerful Norman Earls through tales of ambition, conflict & legacy. Their turbulent history shaped our city forever. 📆 Thurs 5 June - 5.30pm 🎟️ £12pp Book yours today 👉 buff.ly/PNCRJBG #ChesterHeritageFestival @VisitChester

Explore Chester's unique two-tiered Rows, where centuries of retail stories unfold through hidden treasures and colourful merchant tales. 📆 Sun 8 June 5.30pm 🎟️ £12pp 👉 buff.ly/djE6EIu #ChesterHeritageFestival @VisitChester 12 years of Shitchester Chester Magic Pony

Forgotten History Ps.. Around 101 BC, probably after a severe flood, the ground on which the central island of Heracleion was built succumbed to soil liquefaction. It now lies at a depth of 6 to 10 m. Ffs

The inaugural meeting of the Trades Union Congress was held #OTD 1868 at the Mechanics’ Institute in Manchester. It was convened by Manchester and Salford Trades Council, whose first secretary and president were enthusiastic Conservatives, though most union leaders were Liberal.

A slave revolt, Mongol invasion, spread of plague and climate change. Find out how agricultural features in southern Iraq can teach us about all of these in this great thread, then check out the new Research Article in Antiquity 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2…

Vikings invade Chester Sat 7th June to deliver unique tours with tales of flying cats, zombies, wolf warriors, buried treasure, cursed graves & naughty god Loki! Tours leave Town Hall 11.15am & 3.15pm Sat Jun-Oct Tickets: Chester Visitor Information Centre Shop 405340 #Vikings #Chester #fun #cool #tours

Great in-depth tour of Roman Chester with Peter Carrington this afternoon as part of the ⁦Chester Heritage Festival⁩. I learnt so much - quarries, brickworks and where they buried the bodies. Thanks Peter!

See inside the Lead Shot Tower! youtu.be/bxSkE7JI8Kc?si… via YouTube

Pictures from ⁦Chester Heritage Festival⁩ tour of Saltney last week. From pillboxes, shipbuilding, railways to one of Chester’s earliest & still pretty e.g. of social housing. So much to see! Thank you Linda and Stewart Shuttleworth & Paul Hyde for the personal anecdotes. Loved it!

Clare Dudman Chester Heritage Festival Nice to have request for notes from an attendee again, as at Heronbridge; and hopefully have got people to buy copies of Thomas Pickles & HistoricTownsTrust Historical Map of Chester.

It's not everyday that north-west Wales gets invaded by the Spanish Armada! The historical ship Galeón Andalucía is visiting Caernarfon for the next few days.

Mike Graham bringing the Chester Civil War siege to life tonight at the Albion for the ⁦⁦Chester Heritage Festival⁩: ‘grenadoes’, shot, charge and,finally, point and pray. Packed house - for the authentic siege experience. Wouldn’t rate the chances of the Morris Men outside tho.