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U.K ‘Aristocracy’ has Gone but ‘Assetocracy’ Remains & How Wealth has Transformed the House of Lords

Ace History Desk – On April 29, 2026, the remaining hereditary peers left the House of Lords. These 92 individuals were the last vestiges of an era in which the landed aristocracy dominated the UK’s second chamber. In the recent past, as many as 800 aristocrats filled the red benches. Now though, a new financial […]

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Indian Bhopal Merchant Invested in an ‘ Indian War Loan’ in 1917 but U.K DMO Can Find No Evidence to Resolve Family Claim

Ace History Desk – BHOPAL: The UK’s Debt Management Office (DMO) has said it can find no evidence that a 109-year-old Indian War Loan, in which a Bhopal merchant invested Rs 35,000 in 1917, was or is an obligation of British govt, leaving a Madhya Pradesh family’s claim unresolved Times India News By P Naveen […]

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‘Platypus-like’ fossil in China is oldest-known semiaquatic mammal-like animal

Ace History Desk – In short: A fossil of an ancient mammal relative with platypus-like appendages has been found in China. Megacauda sungei appears to be an early example of a semiaquatic mammal-like creature according to ABC Science News By environment reporter Peter de Kruijff Published: Thu 8 Oct 2026 at 1:58am The ancient animal lived about […]

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History is being rewritten at an archaeological site in Morocco. What the discovery of an ancient wall tells us

Ace History Desk – In the hills of north-west Morocco, overlooking the river that gives the site its name, research at Oued Beht is bringing to light a previously unknown chapter of the region’s past. The discovery of a substantial built structure suggests that, during the second millennium BC, communities in north-west Africa were actively […]