Tag: history

What Does the Parthenon Look Like in 2014?

Posted 25th November, 2014
By Alex&Bell
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  At nearly 2,500 years old, the Parthenon is one of the world’s most famous buildings. We all learned about it at school at some point, and it’s as iconic as the Roman Colosseum and the pyramids in Egypt. The Parthenon was built as a Temple to the goddess of Athena during the Golden Age…

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Why We Loved Vietnam and Why Others Will Never Return

Posted 22nd January, 2014
By Alex&Bell
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On April 30th 1975, as North Vietnamese troops closed in on Saigon, helicopters evacuated the last remaining Americans from atop the US Embassy. It’s one of the most iconic war images in American history and it marked the beginning of Vietnamese independence, after years of occupation by the French, before the Americans took over. Naturally…

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