HISTORY

Shocking 2,000-Year-Old Fig Find Opens New Chapter in Ireland’s History

A recent discovery at the Drumanagh promontory fort in North Dublin is reshaping our understanding of Ireland’s Iron Age trade…

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Church Built by Roman Emperor Justinian I Excavated in Aquileia, Italy

In the quiet and peaceful village of Aquileia, in northern Italy near the Adriatic Sea coast, archaeologists from the Austrian…

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The Gruesome Goat’s Tongue: Greatest Torture of All Time?

History is full of inventive, albeit disturbing, methods of making people squirm, confess, or simply regret their life choices. Among…

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Oldest Statement of Christian Faith (Jesus is God) Found In Israeli Prison

“Jesus is God.” An inscription declaring this to be a reality, the earliest and oldest written expression of the Christian…

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Earliest Fishing Operation Found in Central America, Dating to 2,000 BC

Even before the rise of the great Maya civilization, the people who occupied Central America’s Yucatan Peninsula were applying their…

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Murder in the Family: The Ptolemies

For 275 years, the Ptolemies ruled as Egypt’s last, enduring dynasty. Each king carried the name Ptolemy, and each queen…

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The Nabataeans are Coming | History Today

The volte face has been astonishing. Until 2017, or thereabouts, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia was seen as the hallmark…

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The Ancient Hangover Cure Found in a 1,000-Year-Old Cookbook

Written nearly a thousand years ago, the Kitab al-tabikh (book of cookery) written by Ibn Sayyar al-Warraq, is the most…

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Researcher Says Aliens May Be Using Star Systems as Spaceships

Astronomers have observed stars that are accelerating through space at a shockingly rapid pace. Normally this is assumed to relate…

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Pylon of Ptolemaic Temple Uncovered in Sohag Along Western Bank of Nile

A complete pylon of a Ptolemaic temple called Batlmy, described as a ‘significant milestone’, has been found on the western…

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