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Paulo Freitas do Amaral
History & Portuguese Teacher | Historian and Author
RDP Internacional - dois dedos de conversa - Paulo Freitas do Amaral


The Portuguese Prehistoric Dog
There are archaeological discoveries that, more than speaking to us of dates, bones, or chronologies, touch what is most human in us: the...
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Sep 21, 20252 min read


Window to the Past: Scientists Discover Prehistoric Insects in 112-Million-Year-Old Amber in Ecuador
In the heart of the Ecuadorian Amazon, in Napo Province, a quarry known as Genoveva has revealed a fossilized treasure that sheds light...
correio_da_historia
Sep 20, 20251 min read


Viking Women and the Art of War
For centuries, history books have given us a simplified image of the Viking world: rough and fearless men, sailing their longships across...
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Sep 20, 20252 min read


The Man Who Tried to Kill Salazar. Emídio Santana and the Bomb on Avenida Barbosa du Bocage
Among the figures who marked the opposition to the Estado Novo, one name stands out: Emídio Santana, a Portuguese anarchist born in 1898....
correio_da_historia
Sep 20, 20252 min read


Archaeology: The Oldest Mummies in the World Did Not Come from Egypt
When we speak of mummies, collective memory immediately travels to ancient Egypt, with its pharaohs wrapped in linen and buried in...
correio_da_historia
Sep 20, 20252 min read


The Lost Tomb of Thutmose II: The Rediscovery that Captivates Egypt and the World
In February 2025, Egypt revealed to the world a discovery that resonated like an ancient echo: the tomb of Pharaoh Thutmose II, lost for...
correio_da_historia
Sep 20, 20252 min read


The Manuscript that Echoes the Plagues of Egypt
There are historical discoveries that compel us to revisit ancient narratives with closer attention. One of them is the existence of an...
correio_da_historia
Sep 20, 20252 min read


The Samaritan Mansion: Echo of an Ancient Civilization
In September 2025, Israeli archaeologists unearthed a Samaritan mansion in Kafr Qasim, central Israel, dating back approximately 1,600...
correio_da_historia
Sep 18, 20251 min read


Lisbon, the Initiatory Symbolism that Pombal Hid
Lisbon was not merely rebuilt after the 1755 earthquake — it was reinvented. The Pombaline downtown rises like a perfectly geometrical...
correio_da_historia
Sep 14, 20252 min read
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