Telling Discovery Indicates Neanderthals Collected Fossils
A Neanderthal cave in northern Spain has yielded 15 marine fossils, indicative that our extinct ancestors might have been collectors,
As the Taurid Meteor Shower Passes by Earth, Pseudoscience Rains Down – and Obscures a Potential Real Threat from Space
Mark Boslough/The Conversation With the Taurid meteor shower now hitting the night skies worldwide, look for what could be a
Fear, Friendship and the Channel Tunnel
At 8.23am on the morning of 14 November 1994, crowds cheered as the first Eurostar train carrying fare-paying passengers under
The Death of Clive of India
In the days following the sudden death, aged 49, of Robert Clive – ‘Clive of India’ – on 22 November
Paracelsus: Revolutionary or Mystic? | History Today
Thanks to Joseph Goebbels, the film director Georg Wilhelm Pabst luxuriated in a massive budget for the dramatised documentary he
Guy Fawkes and the Gunpowder Plot to Obliterate the British House of Lords
Every fifth of November, people across the United Kingdom celebrate Guy Fawkes Night (also known as Guy Fawkes Day, Bonfire
Mesopotamians Made Predictions with Sheep’s Livers
Selena Wisnom/The Conversation I’m standing in a basement kitchen prodding at a sheep’s liver, looking for marks on its smooth
5,000-Year-Old Settlement Plus Early Temple Uncovered in Israel
Archaeologists working in Israel have discovered a 5,000-year-old settlement at Hurvat Husham, near Beit Shemesh, as a prelude to the
New Discovery at Pompeii: Lavishly Decorated “Tiny House” Uncovered
Archaeologists working in Pompeii’s ancient Amanti Island district have unveiled a unique small residence with vibrant, intricate frescoes that rival
Sacred Tunic of Alexander the Great Found in an Ancient Macedonian Tomb?
A fragment of purple fabric, a sacred chiton (tunic), found in a royal tomb in Vergina, Macedonia, northern Greece, could