Assyrian human-headed winged bull from Nimrud; 9th cent. BCE; Pergamon Museum, Berlin
Assyrian human-headed winged bull from Nimrud; 9th cent. BCE; Pergamon Museum, BerlinA Lamassu is an Assyrian protective deity, often depicted ...
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Hitler’s Bunker
On Jan. 16, 1945 Hitler went in almost unnoticed into his underground shelter. Berlin was burning and while the ordinary ...
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Something to remember, something to forget: Berlin’s memorials to chilling memories
Neue Wache We left the Museum Island and walked on to Unter den Linden Street. There is no missing a ...
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Book Burning in Berlin
In Berlin, some 40,000 people gathered in the Opernplatz / now Bebelplatz to hear Joseph Goebbels deliver a fiery address: ...
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United we Stand, Divided we fall : The Berlin Wall
Nothing in Berlin fascinated me as much as the Berlin Wall.Having grown up on a lot of espionage movies and ...
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Still Bewitched by Berlin
The next day started with a journey on the underground to Alexanderplatz station. Another tip I would like to give ...
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Bewitched by Berlin
I left Dubai on 8th Sept for Germany,a. week before my husband so that I could spend a week with ...
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Come, explore and fall in love the Beauties of Delhi (Dilli ki Ranaiya’n) and the World with me, Rana Safvi
I have a masters in medieval history from the prestigious Centre for Advanced Studies, Dept. of History, AMU. A firm believer in our Ganga Jamuni Tehzeeb, I am passionate about gaining and sharing knowledge and these days I am doing it via the social media platform.