WorkLizard | History | Activity https://worklizard.com/u/history/activity/ Activity feed for History. Mon, 01 Jun 2026 12:39:08 +0000 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 ec4f2548e31d4e4e3bf976a6e1eb495b History wrote a new post https://worklizard.com/?p=15417 Tue, 06 Jul 2021 17:08:05 +0000 At the height of World War Two the Alliance sends in their troops and lands on the Normandy beaches in the northern parts of France. Its all part of a major military strategy in an effort to stop Germany and the […]

]]> 1 7ca86bcb07487bbc1bb03e52a49e1282 History wrote a new post https://worklizard.com/?p=15320 Sun, 13 Jun 2021 14:40:41 +0000 Dig into the Arabian arid AlUla desert sands, as a team of archaeologists uncover a mysterious set of ancient stone structures. Supposedly, these are last remnants of an ancient civilization spanning more than […]

]]> 0 4279efe9a10004de89f2a0990656c099 History posted a new activity comment https://worklizard.com/god-bless-america-evangelical-christians-in-the-usa/comment-page-1/#comment-2430 Tue, 02 Feb 2021 19:43:06 +0000 Interesting to see how the evangelist think honestly, however detached from reality they are. It’s no wonder people like Trump rose to power among a group who doesn’t “believe” in science. I hope the US will one day gain better education for all… but it seems the country has gone down the drain lately :/

In reply to - TopDocs wrote a new post Explore who the Evangelical Christians of the United States are and witness how they view the world. Having an estimated ca. 30% (100 mill) believers in the US alone, the Evangelicals and […] ]]> f2167475f805a82ba906338a158452c5 History wrote a new post https://worklizard.com/?p=15069 Sat, 16 Jan 2021 16:57:00 +0000 Explore the lost world of the Maya as team of archaeologists unravel the forgotten civilization. With their mythical stories, monumental cities and mastery of astronomy and mathematics, the Maya are a huge […]

]]> 0 0b09cc4d5c83441ef41902cbc705aa63 History wrote a new post https://worklizard.com/?p=15022 Thu, 07 Jan 2021 10:18:45 +0000 Step into the Forbidden City – a Chinese palace in the heart of Beijing. Here, Chinese rulers governed medieval China and dictated the empire’s future. But what is its history, who built it and why was it […]

]]> 0 c07b9dbcd39617a1ed5df1957a4354ac History wrote a new post https://worklizard.com/?p=14979 Wed, 30 Dec 2020 17:01:45 +0000 Join Rick Steves as he investigates who Martin Luther was and the monumental changes he brought to Christianity.

Over five hundred years ago Europe was undergoing changes like never before. Coming out of the […]

]]> 0 b5850667a94dbcafb5c89c36a76b2eda History wrote a new post https://worklizard.com/?p=14962 Mon, 21 Dec 2020 13:49:49 +0000 Writing, perhaps one of the most important inventions humanity ever made – but how was it created and where did it originate from?

Throughout the three episodes of The Secret History of Writing we’ll explore […]

]]> 0 baeb135e1bfa24af3e876b1151391630 History wrote a new post https://worklizard.com/?p=14910 Mon, 14 Dec 2020 18:09:55 +0000 How do dictators manage to sway millions of people to do their bidding? Learn how six different political leaders used indoktrination and fear to control entire countries and shape the outcome of massive […]

]]> 0 9bd86737e2fc4e9e4e6371d77d2d3f71 History wrote a new post https://worklizard.com/?p=14891 Sat, 12 Dec 2020 15:26:57 +0000 Follow the egyptologists who set out to unravel the mysteries of the Great Pyramids of Giza.

The documentary sets out on the first scientific mission in 30 years to be authorized by the Egyptian government to […]

]]> 0 1d1a02a6d811e7d2dc7db1679889e3cc History wrote a new post https://worklizard.com/?p=14819 Sat, 07 Nov 2020 12:17:10 +0000 Relive the times where North America was settled by European pilgrims.

During the 17th century, these Pilgrims would journey west to find a new home on board the vessel Mayflower.

Once embarking, […]

]]> 0 81cbbc7d63ddceb87cb6b844439a4b89 History wrote a new post https://worklizard.com/?p=14805 Thu, 29 Oct 2020 16:37:14 +0000 Dig into the mysterious “Phaistos Disc”, a supposed ancient Minoan Bronze Age disc dicovered by Italian archaeologist Luigi Pernier in 1908.

Since its discovery, the disk has captured the imagination of […]

]]> 0 9d14e7643e87c98084b38792440d7fc7 History wrote a new post https://worklizard.com/?p=14724 Sun, 27 Sep 2020 11:32:34 +0000 Journey through Kuwait while the oil wells were fully ablaze during the Gulf war in 1991.

Here, teams from all over the world battled to extinguish the flames covering the oil-filled landscapes.

With the […]

]]> 1 4191d70a89536c95bcd00f32b38cd41b History wrote a new post https://worklizard.com/?p=14699 Fri, 25 Sep 2020 10:20:15 +0000 Follow a team of international scientists documenting an archeological sensation: the exploration of royal tombs beneath the ancient Mexican city of Teotihuacán.

Despite many decades of research, not much is […]

]]> 0 cc52ac91fa6e219b080a0c965fe2963f History • History: Old San Juan, Puerto Rico ca 1900. #History https://worklizard.com/activity/p/5258/ Thu, 17 Sep 2020 21:26:08 +0000 Old San Juan, Puerto Rico ca 1900. #History

]]> 0 09d280ed2baadb68c3bf76e753f6a14e History • History: Danish explorer Peter Freuchen and his third wife, Dagmar […] https://worklizard.com/activity/p/5257/ Thu, 17 Sep 2020 21:21:43 +0000 Danish explorer Peter Freuchen and his third wife, Dagmar Cohn -1947. #History #Explorers #Denmark

]]> 0 26ae1fcb9000e15b60e109ca344d0200 History • History: October 29th, 1929 the last day of the stock market crash […] https://worklizard.com/activity/p/5256/ Thu, 17 Sep 2020 21:09:54 +0000 October 29th, 1929 the last day of the stock market crash that would become known as Black Tuesday. #History #America

]]> 0 a5bed6bbdd1cb6cf8f1d24bb1ffd6df1 History • History: The Statue of Liberty - Paris, France - 1886 (before it was […] https://worklizard.com/activity/p/5255/ Thu, 17 Sep 2020 21:08:17 +0000 The Statue of Liberty – Paris, France – 1886 (before it was transported to America). #History #America

]]> 0 d18d642a4d9ded9b93baba9a7fa45847 History • History: Charlie Chaplin & Walt Disney at the Santa Anita Race Track - […] https://worklizard.com/activity/p/5254/ Thu, 17 Sep 2020 21:04:21 +0000 Charlie Chaplin & Walt Disney at the Santa Anita Race Track – Arcadia, California, U.S. – 1939. #History #Artists

]]> 0 ba7686838438089ffa04e3a8fc68cd27 History • History: Bardi-Jawi men on Jayirri island, King Sound gulf, in the […] https://worklizard.com/activity/p/5253/ Thu, 17 Sep 2020 21:02:44 +0000 Bardi-Jawi men on Jayirri island, King Sound gulf, in the north of Western Australia – 1917. #History #Australia

]]> 0 1642c4249271a83b1f7cb66876aea9f0 History • History: Street car conductor in Seattle not allowing passengers […] https://worklizard.com/activity/p/5252/ Thu, 17 Sep 2020 20:58:54 +0000 Street car conductor in Seattle not allowing passengers aboard without a mask, during Spanish Flu Pandemic in 1918 #History #Pandemics #Health

]]> 0 0a8fe20e2ebc6c40fe9c4c78942e2965 History • History: Young Brigitte Bardot visits Pablo Picasso at his studio near […] https://worklizard.com/activity/p/5251/ Thu, 17 Sep 2020 20:56:44 +0000 Young Brigitte Bardot visits Pablo Picasso at his studio near Cannes, 1956. #History #Artists #Painters

]]> 0 a86827a610efb969ba29623bf9bd92a8 History • History: Howard Carter examines the innermost coffin of Tutankhamun, […] https://worklizard.com/activity/p/5250/ Thu, 17 Sep 2020 20:51:47 +0000 Howard Carter examines the innermost coffin of Tutankhamun, 1925 #AncientEgypt #Egypt #History

]]> 0 5d09b1716abaed16e5e446233cbae080 History • History: The delegations signing the Treaty of Versailles in the Hall […] https://worklizard.com/activity/p/5249/ Thu, 17 Sep 2020 20:48:28 +0000 The delegations signing the Treaty of Versailles in the Hall of Mirrors, 28 June 1919. #WW1 #War #History

]]> 0 a7cfcfac71a39a747cd2d617133cce0f History • History: A policeman in San Francisco scolds a man for not wearing a […] https://worklizard.com/activity/p/5248/ Thu, 17 Sep 2020 20:38:21 +0000 A policeman in San Francisco scolds a man for not wearing a mask during the 1918 Influenza Pandemic, 1918

]]> 0 411c19ea1912c4408250e52ed47d6246 History • History: Footage of a World War 1 smoke curtain used to hide naval […] https://worklizard.com/activity/p/5247/ Thu, 17 Sep 2020 20:32:22 +0000 Footage of a World War 1 smoke curtain used to hide naval ships during battle. #War #History #WW1 #Military

The smoke is generated when the chemical Titanium tetrachloride gets into contact with the air. The resulting smoke \”floats\” when the air around it has a similar density.

]]> 0 bc90369d07d22f0c7edf7c940b3cbbf6 History posted a new activity comment https://worklizard.com/apocalypse-the-battle-of-verdun/comment-page-1/#comment-2080 Thu, 17 Sep 2020 16:42:52 +0000 Definitely, seeing the restored footage really puts things into perspective on how things were; WW1 was hell on Earth.

Be sure to check out the others documentaries in the same style if you liked this one: https://worklizard.com/tag/apocalypse/ 🙃

In reply to - History wrote a new post Apocalypse: The Battle of Verdun is a two-part documentary series composed of real World War 1 footage. Like other Apocalypse series – these films have been newly restored and […] ]]> 776f92ea357ad61090bd51b4c44d41fc History posted a new activity comment https://worklizard.com/medici-godfathers-of-the-renaissance/comment-page-1/#comment-2063 Sun, 13 Sep 2020 12:07:42 +0000 Good stuff :-). It\’s cool to see how one of the speakers said that the coming of Protestantism was one of the most important things to come from the Renaissance – a move which basically ended up changing the entirety of Europa\’s power dynamics.

In reply to - Jonas wrote a new post Medici: Godfathers of the Renaissance tells the story of a violent, dramatic and compelling age; a critical turning point in Western history. Travel back in time to see the real human […] ]]> a6edbe6852c8b5c1a0c9337c8318cbe8 History wrote a new post https://worklizard.com/?p=14688 Sun, 13 Sep 2020 10:45:12 +0000 Cuba: Castro vs the World follows the intricacies of Cuban politics and leadership seen through the eyes of the history, spies, revolutionaries and the diplomats.

Starting from the beginnings of Castro’s reign […]

]]> 0 3b598e08153ea8d3d3609983d4876308 History posted a new activity comment https://worklizard.com/bombay-railway/comment-page-1/#comment-1997 Sun, 16 Aug 2020 21:06:43 +0000 Super interesting, thanks! 🙂

In reply to - TopDocs wrote a new post Known as one of the busiest and greatest railways in the entire world, the Bombay Railway in India hosts a whooping 2.64 billion annual commuters. Being a railway with over 2,342 train […] ]]> 954a099d919f7f76dfe7560cb06c5a3b History wrote a new post https://worklizard.com/?p=14603 Sat, 15 Aug 2020 12:43:23 +0000 The Curse of Tutankhamun joins a group of Egyptologists who unravel the history of Ancient Egypt while focusing on the discovery of Tutankhamun’s grave in Egypt’s Valley of Kings in 1922.

At its time of d […]

]]> 0 9efa260d73e7834f9d6ac3ccc6aaafb6 History wrote a new post https://worklizard.com/?p=14300 Mon, 10 Aug 2020 13:23:06 +0000 Barbarians Rising follows the armies and leaders who revolted against the might of Rome. Re-told as an epic docudrama, filled with re-enactment and guided by experts, the series portrays the ancient adversaries […]

]]> 1 827459cb4049660888fdd3b749008f8f History wrote a new post https://worklizard.com/?p=14528 Sun, 02 Aug 2020 13:42:49 +0000 Join Egyptologist Glenn Godenho and archaeologist Kathleen Martinez as they set out to find the lost tomb of Cleopatra.

Cleopatra VII was a queen of Egypt during the later stages of the Macedonian dynasty that […]

]]> 0 7124ac1c62797bff30ced9737f30fc40 History wrote a new post https://worklizard.com/?p=14518 Sat, 01 Aug 2020 17:45:42 +0000 Explore the remains of a great Viking warrior queen as Swedish archaeologists unearth a viking mount full of archaeological treasure.

Found nearly 20 miles from Stockholm in Sweden, a small island looms in the […]

]]> 0 d47e01d8cf739b13d76d2c4d28d67418 History wrote a new post https://worklizard.com/?p=14495 Mon, 27 Jul 2020 18:04:52 +0000 The Mark of Empire is a four-part history documentary series exploring four different ancient civilizations and their kingdoms in Asia.

Guided by Singaporean scholar Peter Lee, we’ll travel to Thailand, […]

]]> 1 e5b9564652658110f6f1aadae5f8a121 History wrote a new post https://worklizard.com/?p=14469 Fri, 24 Jul 2020 17:29:05 +0000 Apocalypse: The Battle of Verdun is a two-part documentary series composed of real World War 1 footage.

Like other Apocalypse series – these films have been newly restored and colorized, showcasing the […]

]]> 4 0aaec9a0e5bc395afa4d53bf706522f7 History wrote a new post https://worklizard.com/?p=14442 Mon, 20 Jul 2020 13:14:12 +0000 Unravel the mysteries of Easter Island and the Rapa Nui, a part of the seafaring Polynesian people, who built the massive stone figures (moai) spread across the island.

By following a team of archaeologists […]

]]> 0 127e63be9a7520b08b726140bd3db069 History wrote a new post https://worklizard.com/?p=14414 Sat, 18 Jul 2020 19:52:58 +0000 Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire is a six-part documentary series detailing the height of Ancient Rome and its eventual demise.

Retold through dramatic reconstructions, the Roman empire comes alive […]

]]> 0 60770e6fb8f88ccc9fe3d4b4d725b64f History posted a new activity comment in group Museum of Artifacts https://worklizard.com/activity/p/4993/#acomment-4994 Wed, 08 Jul 2020 23:49:14 +0000 Yes this is correct. It is Ahmose I, founder of the 18th dynasty.

To the right you have his throne name cartouche “Nebpehtire” and in the left cartouche, his nomen or birth name, Ahmose (under the duck and sun symbols).

The killing scene is typical and doesn’t necessarily specify one enemy. It just signifies that the pharaoh has defeated all his enemies, but very likely it’s the Hyksos who are meant. The king in the scene, as usual, holds an enemy’s hair by one hand and strikes them by a mace held in the other.

It is a ceremonial axe, found in his mother Ahhotep’s coffin, who held a great position as regent when the king was very young, and was a military leader. She was the one who initiated the war against the Hyksos…Read more

In reply to - Jonas • Museum of Artifacts The axe of King Ahmose – an axe from Ancient Egypt dating back over 3600 years. The three scenes depicted on the axe are as follows: 1: Royal cartouches (King Ahmose’s n […] ]]>