Jefferson Davis The Actress Who Left the Stage to Become a Civil War Spyneatorama.com - Miss Cellania Pauline Cushman went to New York City to become an actress. After her husband died in the Civil War in 1862, she found work at Wood's Theater in …
Art Amazing Sculptures of Real Humans Who Lived Thousands of Years AgoMy Modern Met - Emma TaggartFrom early neanderthals to modern day humans, we have come a long way from the dawn of civilization. People have not only developed emotionally and intellectually, but our facial structures have also over
Mongolia Humans Migrated to Mongolia Much Earlier Than Previously Believeducdavis.edu Stone tools uncovered in Mongolia by an international team of archaeologists indicate that modern humans traveled across the Eurasian steppe about …
Travel (UK) Guided Walk of Medieval Lincoln - 25th August | Visit Lincolnvisitlincoln.com A free guided walk from the Society for Lincolnshire History and Archaeology through the Medieval streets and markets of Lincoln. This tour will take …
Geek Watch: Here’s Why Ancient Romans Drew Penises on EverythingGeek - By Stephanie Valera In 122 A.D., Roman Emperor Hadrian built a wall that stretched almost 80 miles from the Irish Sea to the North Sea in northern England to guard the …
Play buttonMusic (UK) 'Groovy, groovy, groovy': listening to Woodstock 50 years on – all 38 discsThe Guardian - Bob StanleyA few weeks back, my Twitter feed was suddenly clogged with misty-eyed reminiscences of Live Aid. It is now generally regarded as a white saviour festival of mostly dreadful music. Still, there’s much
Palmyra Zenobia, the Rebel Queen Who Took On RomeNational Geographic - David Hernández de la FuenteThis ancient queen of Palmyra conquered Egypt, captured Roman provinces, and nearly transformed her realm into an empire equal to Rome. Wealth, culture, and power dwelled in the city of Palmyra in the
Napoleon Bonaparte Napoleon lost the Battle of Waterloo—here’s what went wrongNational Geographic - Jean-Noel BrégeonNapoleon made a bold return from exile in 1815 only to lose his last shot at empire in a crushing defeat delivered by the Duke of Wellington and the combined forces of Europe. In the early 1800s Napoleon
Wine One of Florence's 'Wine Windows' Is Open Once MoreAtlas Obscura - Lisa Harvey After hundreds of years, a door has opened again in Florence, Italy. It’s only one foot tall and eight inches wide—just large enough for a flask of …
Leonardo Da Vinci Leonardo da Vinci’s Elegant Design for a Perpetual Motion Machineopenculture.com - by Josh Jones Is perpetual motion possible? In theory… I have no idea…. In practice, so far at least, the answer has been a perpetual no. As Nicholas Barrial …
U.S. Navy You (and Almost Everyone You Know) Owe Your Life to This Man.National Geographic - Robert KrulwichEspecially when nuclear weapons are involved and you don’t—you can’t—know what the enemy is up to, and you’re scared. Then it helps (it helps a lot) to be calm. The world owes an enormous debt to a quiet,
Play buttonEleanor Roosevelt Nearly turned back, a ship of Holocaust refugees got help from Eleanor Roosevelttimesofisrael.com - By Cathryn J. Prince NEW YORK — Not even the crackle of a cough drop being unwrapped could be heard Sunday as a petite Holocaust survivor shared her story after the New …
Napoleon Bonaparte Napoleon Bonaparte: the rise and fall of a dictatorhistoryextra.com - Kev Lochun Napoleon Bonaparte, the soldier who made himself Emperor of the French and defined early 19th-century Europe through the Napoleonic Wars. BBC History …
Teeth How our ancestors drilled rotten teethBBC News - By Colin BarrasImagine a world without toothbrushes, mouthwash and dental floss. That’s an easy one, right? There would be rotten teeth in every mouth, and rich dentists in every town. The earliest prehistoric human
Neanderthals Neanderthals spent a surprising amount of time underwater | New Scientistnewscientist.com - By Ruby Prosser Scully Bony growths found in Neanderthals’ ears suggest that aquatic foraging was a big part of their lifestyle. This adds to evidence that Neanderthals …
Netflix Netflix’s The Family documentary series is leaving viewers ‘stunned’ and ‘f****d up’metro.co.uk - Isla Williams Netflix recently dropped their latest documentary series, The Family – and it is fair to say, people are being left shook to the core. The …
Amelia Earhart Exclusive: Inside the search for Amelia Earhart’s airplaneNational Geographic - Rachel Hartigan SheaMany attempts have been made to discover the famed aviator's fate, but never with the technological tools at Robert Ballard's disposal. It’s a balmy tropical night south of the equator in the Pacific but
CC BY-SA Medieval Massacre - The Battle of Gotland 1361Atlas Obscura This grisly exhibit houses skeletons and weapons from a devastating 14th-century clash. On July 22, 1361, 1,800 Gotland farmers were killed in a …
British Royal Family King George V was murdered, not euthanisedThe GuardianProfessor Bryant has not adequately explored the nuances of the death of King George V (Letters, 20 March). It is misleading to say that the royal family at the time were unaware of the nature of his What
History 'Lost Village' Found at Site of Most Infamous Clan Massacre in Scotland | Live ScienceLive Science Archaeologists excavating the scene of the most infamous clan massacre in Scottish history have unearthed parts of a "lost village" in the Highlands …
Binghamton University The True Glory of Woodstock Is That They Managed to Clean Up So WellAtlas Obscura - Isaac Schultz Fifty years ago, a farm in Bethel, New York, traded 650 Guernsey cows for 400,000 human beings and a lot—a whole lot—of drugs. A few of those humans …
Julia Child Remembering Julia Child | At the Smithsonian | Smithsoniansmithsonianmag.com - Paula Johnson When Julia Child was asked about the design of her home kitchen in 2001, she explained: “It’s certainly the soul of our house, and that’s one reason …
Jerusalem Archaeologists find evidence of Babylonian conquest of Jerusalem -- as told in the BibleCNN - By Matthew Robinson, CNN(CNN) — Archaeologists excavating on Mount Zion in Jerusalem have uncovered evidence of the Babylonian conquest of the city, appearing to confirm a Biblical account of its destruction. Academics from University
Pompeii Pompeii archaeologists uncover 'sorcerer's treasure trove'BBC NewsArchaeologists working in the buried Roman city of Pompeii say they have uncovered a "sorcerer's treasure trove" of artefacts, including good-luck charms, mirrors and glass beads. Most of the items would
Mark Antony Mark Antonybiography.com Marcus Antonius (Mark Antony) is best known as the Roman general who was a lover of Cleopatra. The two committed suicide after their defeat by …
Anthropocene The Arrogance of the AnthropoceneThe Atlantic - Peter BrannenOn geological timescales, human civilization is an event, not an epoch. Humans are now living in a new geological epoch of our own making: the Anthropocene. Or so we’re told. Whereas some epochs in Earth
History Revisiting Sutton Hoo, Britain’s Mythical Ship BurialThe New Yorker - Sam KnightIn July, 1937, Edith Pretty, a wealthy widow and local magistrate, attended a flower show in Woodbridge, a picturesque, red-brick town on the Suffolk coast, in search of archeological advice. Pretty, was
Humanity Oldest Known High-Altitude Human Settlement Has Been Discovered in EthiopiaScienceAlert - Jacinta Bowler What lengths would you go to if your survival truly depended upon it? Probably more than you give yourself credit for. Humans are versatile …
Jesse James The Cold-blooded Assassination of Outlaw Jesse Jameshowstuffworks.com - Oisin Curran In June of 1892, Robert Ford was managing a dance hall in the town of Creede, Colorado. He'd come down in the world, but was still dressed to the …
