The Roman Catholic War on Wigs
A rather unusual petition from October 1716 is tucked away in the pope’s diocesan archives in the basilica of San
‘After the Flying Saucers Came’, ‘Think to New Worlds’ and ‘How to Think Impossibly’ review
In June 1947 Kenneth Arnold was flying a small plane over Mount Rainier in Washington when nine bright objects began
El Niño Linked to Earth’s Largest Mass Extinction
Mega ocean warming El Niño events were key in driving the largest extinction of life on planet Earth some 252
Aliens and the Enlightenment | History Today
For millennia everybody knew that human beings enjoy a privileged, unique position at the centre of the universe. That self-confidence
Nine Ancient Game Boards Discovered in Mexico
Nine patollis—Mesoamerican game boards—were recently uncovered during excavation work for the Maya Train project in southeastern Mexico. The findings, believed
Underground Chambers and Tunnels Confirmed at Mitla
Recent archaeological investigations at Mitla, a significant Zapotec site in Oaxaca, Mexico, have confirmed the existence of a vast network
Saving Southeast Asia’s Sunken Warships
Some 2,000 war and merchant ships were sunk in the waters of Southeast Asia during the Second World War, constituting
How the South Became Republican
On the evening of 1 August 1952 General Dwight D.Eisenhower, the newly nominated Republican presidential nominee, met with his advisers
An Ottoman Winter in Toulon
The Franco-Ottoman alliance, formed in the 1530s between the king of France, François I, and the Turkish ruler of the
Everyday Life’s Massive Role in Human Evolution
Cara Wall-Scheffler/The Conversation Think about taking a walk: where you need to go, how fast you need to move to