And how did they evolve, exactly?

no other inscriptions are known in the great pyramid ?
a needed major discovery made just in time for justification and further funding ?

Russia's Lavrov stated that Hilter had Jewish roots. I have seen both sides of arguments regarding Hitler's grandmother, however, is there some definite proof or consensus regarding such hypothesis?

Is it possible that the legends and stories about dragons are related to people discovering but not understanding dinosaur fossils?

I don't know if this is the place to ask, but I have been researching ships for a story I am writing. There is a crew of about 10, so that might narrow the size of ship. Would a whaling ship differ from a fishing one?

Another question is, would there be a way for me to find the layout of that ship? I would like to design my own in order to help me envision the characters as I write. Thank you!

I know WHAT trench warfare is. I've read/seen a lot about HOW tench warfare was executed. But I can't find a satisfactory answer for WHY trench warfare was used.

Neither side gains or loses a lot of ground using this technique. So what is the point?

It ends up creating a no-man's-land. But why is this no-man's-land different from other contentious borders, for example, the DMZ between the Koreas? Why in WWI did trench fighters see actual fighting instead of just creating a stand-off between sides?

I'm assuming it has something to do with the invention of tanks and larger explosives. ¯\(ツ)/¯

During the fall of the Han and the rise of the Three Kingdoms what were the claims of legitimacy by each of the main kingdoms? I understand that the "legitimate continuation of the Han empire" was a big talking point when it comes to legitimating their own rule. So I understand that Cao Wei tried to legitimate himself through control of the Han emperor, and Shu Han's used Liu Bei's lineage to the Liu family as a way to legitimate their battle against Cao Wei.
So what was Sun Wu's claim? I mean the Sun Clan didn't really have ties to the Liu family. I understand that there was a lot of "southern pride" involved when it comes to the identity of that kingdom, but did they flaunt that willingly?

Hello historians of Reddit, I don't really know if this is the right place to ask this, but I will try.

I am a history student at a university in Germany looking forward to my job-focused internship. But I am uncertain about where to do that internship, I can only think about a museum, but that can't be all there is. I am especially interested in german and european history, but I would also say that i am very interested in history as a subject in general. I am still not sure what I want to do in the future, but I thought of historian or a profession that is in some kind history-related. Can you guys maybe give me an idea, telling me about how you got into your profession? And do you have a proposal on what place a good internship place for a history student could be? Thanks, and sorry for bothering you guys! :)

Apologies if this is a rather strange question but it's been on my mind lately. Living in the South, I've met a wide variety of people but I recently met some "Lost Cause" neo-Confederate sympathizers and what they had to say about President Lincoln was very strange. Aside from their obvious hatred of Lincoln for his domestic policies, they claimed that he was a friend of Karl Marx and that they wrote letters to each other.

I never really thought about it but Marx would've been around the height of his career around the time of the civil war. Is there any truth to Marx and Lincoln writing to each other? If so, or even if not, is there any evidence that Lincoln knew of Karl Marx and had an opinion of him?

When reading about the historicity of Jesus, Josephus is cited as one of the contemporary historians who mentions him, but it's also noted that Jesus might have been added in by later authors. Why do people think that is the case, and what is the consensus on that?

Per the title, I am looking for sources detailing the motives, political climate, casualties and overall a coverage of the war and its consequences for the people and the countries involved.

Any suggestions?

I've heard that the reason the Ancient Greeks were so influential in the areas of maths, science, philosophy etc. was that they were among the first (at least Western / European) societies to be wealthy enough that some people could be professional thinkers.

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Assuming this is true, what was it about that society that made it so successful, as opposed to other early European societies?

I’ve heard some say that because we now know Troy was real and that there could have been a war described in the Iliad, that that could have been the trigger for the collapse.

Is there any credence to this? From what I understand Troy was a coveted city by the Mycenaeans and the Hittite’s right?

They clearly had cameras in Berlin, shown by the many photos, and no problem taking pictures of corpses of Nazi leadership (eg. Goering) so why are there no pictures of Hitler's corpse?

I've always found it interesting that so many were afraid to have a female ruler in England that the whole deal with Henry 8th occurred. One documentary said it was because civil wars broke out due, but didn't give any information beyond that. What civil wars were they talking about?

I'm sorry if this question is stated wrongly for this sub. I've tried researching this on my own, but couldn't find much. Thus why I'm asking.