Archaeology isn’t just a study of fossils and old rocks, it’s also perhaps the only…
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We all love history and here are a host of history lists to prove it. Get your history knowledge in the form of top 10 lists, it is easier on the stomach.
They were one of the wealthiest and most powerful families in Europe, ultimately producing two…
Covert weapons have been a part of warfare for as long as we can remember,…
All but two of America’s Presidents have exercised the power, granted them in Article 2…
Though best known for conquering England in 1066, the Norman dynasty also changed the course…
Our modern, sophisticated understanding of explosions has been a long time in the making. From…
History is in no short supply of mad kings, embarrassing princes, and monarchs who just…
In war, there are winners and losers. Sometimes an army is defeated because they simply…
Historians often bicker about the exact timeline and the most significant period of the Renaissance.…
The myths of the ancient world still inspire us today in literature and in pop…
Pop culture loves to depict the Romans as an extremely serious, organized, and warlike culture.…
There’s a common impression that people in the past were less intelligent than they are…
Archaeology has uncovered many secrets from the ancient world. But the Earth has a bad…
The Industrial Age saw the formation of many new technologies that would change the face…
You’re probably familiar with the old expression – “sex sells.” Well, that applies here, as…
John Lyly’s proverb “All’s fair in love and war” hasn’t resonated so much since he…
Scientifically speaking, coincidences aren’t that peculiar, as we live in a world full of so…
All families, so it is said, have closeted skeletons, crazy uncles, less than savory in-laws,…
There’s a popular adage that 50% of marriages end in divorce. That statistic may have…
When Apollo 13 lifted off from the John F. Kennedy Space Center on April 11,…
Pop culture has done a good job of tempering the real life horror of the…
Humanity fought its earliest wars using fists, clubs, and rocks. At some unknown point in…
In 1839 Queen Victoria took the throne and ushered in the Victorian era that bears…
Archaeology has uncovered many secrets from the ancient world. But the Earth has a bad…