HISTORY

Wells Sealed With Calcium Carbonate Discovered on Cephalonia

Recent excavations on the Greek island of Cephalonia have uncovered a remarkable pair of ancient wells, shedding light on some…

6 months ago

2,500-Year-Old Graveyard Reveals the Burial of 39 Children and Just 2 Adults

A fairly unsettling discovery has been unearthed out of a recent excavation in Østfold county, Norway - a 2,500-year-old graveyard…

6 months ago

Texas A&M’s Quest To Save An Alamo Cannon

By Grant Hawkins, Texas A&M University College of Arts and Sciences  The Alamo, a symbol of Texas’ rich history, is…

6 months ago

Picene Prince’s Tomb Reveals a Chariot and 150 Other 7th Century BC Artifacts

In the town of Corinaldo in Italy’s Ancona, archaeologists conducting excavations in the Nevola necropolis found a significant archaeological burial,…

6 months ago

Egypt’s Oldest Pyramid Could Have Been Built Using Hydraulic Lift Technology

There has long been speculation about how the pyramids of Egypt were constructed. While there may be no single answer…

6 months ago

Interrail: The Trans Europe Express

It’s 1972, you are in your late teens, and you see a poster at your local railway station which promises…

7 months ago

50 Years of Cyprus Divided

Though only eight at the time, Graeme Stanford vividly recalls his experience during the Turkish invasion of Cyprus in July…

7 months ago

National Spirit and the 1900 Olympics

This year’s Paris Olympics are the third to be held in the city – where the decision was made in…

7 months ago

A Brief History of English Numeracy

The English medical practitioner John Bulwer wrote a treatise in 1644 that argued humans were natural ‘Arithmeticians’, capable of both…

7 months ago

The Mystery of Thomas More’s Birthplace

Walking through London’s Cheapside is a journey through history. From the Old English ceapan, meaning ‘to buy’ (and nothing to…

7 months ago