This Week's History in the Making

Dandi joins the "indignants" on 15th October in Las Palmas de G.C.

London became part of the global Occupy movement when protesters set up camp at St Paul's. From Frankfurt to Madrid, Wall Street to Athens, people are taking to the streets to rage against greed and inequality. Who are the demonstrators and what do they hope to achieve? See The Guardian's photo gallery here; this is another photo gallery from The Boston Globe; Top Ten Protest Symbols is a slideshow from Time Magazine of what they think are - historically - the most important symbols of protest; A Brief History of People Power is also from Time.

Source: Larry Ferlazzo

This Week's History

At the heart of the Silk Road, Afghanistan linked the great trading routes of ancient Iran, Central Asia, India, China and the more distant cultures of Greece and Rome. The country's unique location resulted in a legacy of extraordinarily rare objects, which reveal its rich and diverse past.

Nearly lost during the years of civil war and later Taliban rule, these precious objects were bravely hidden in 1989 by officials from the National Museum of Afghanistan to save them from destruction. The surviving treasures date from 2000 BC to the 1st century AD and include everything from opulent gold ornaments found at a burial site of a nomadic tribe to limestone sculptures of a Greek city set up by a commander of Alexander the Great.

Now, at the first exhibition of its kind to be seen in the UK in 40 years, these treasures are on show at the British Museum in the Afghanistan: Crossroads of the Ancient World exhibition.

Source: the Guardian newspaper