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The Radical John Wilkes | History Today

On 21 March 1776 the popular politician John Wilkes (1725-97) rose in a packed House of Commons to speak in

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Mexico Vindicates Woman Long Blamed for Aztec Empire's Collapse

Mexico Vindicates Woman Long Blamed for Aztec Empire’s Collapse For five centuries, La Malinche has carried the burden of being

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AD-X2: When US Politicians Took on Science

On the morning of 3 April 1953 employees reporting to the US National Bureau of Standards (NBS) in Washington, DC,

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Amenhotep III Tomb Reopens After Two Decades of Meticulous Restoration

Amenhotep III Tomb Reopens After Two Decades of Meticulous Restoration Egypt has officially reopened one of the most significant royal

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Noah’s Ark and the Slave Trade

Most of us know the story of Noah, the Flood, and the Ark. In just four chapters of Genesis, the

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The Race to Write a History of Naples

There was no love lost between rival Neapolitan authors and publishers Domenico Antonio Parrino (1642-c.1716) and Antonio Bulifon (1649-1707). Their

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Byzantine Gold Hoard Reveals Final Days of Ancient Christian City

A remarkable discovery of 97 Byzantine gold coins and exquisite jewelry has shed new light on the dramatic final chapter

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Million-Year-Old Skull Discovery Rewrites Human Evolution Timeline

A remarkable million-year-old skull discovered in China has shattered long-held beliefs about human evolution, suggesting that modern humans and their

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Ancient Mummified Head Reveals Shocking Identity After Century in Swiss Museum

For over a century, a mysterious mummified head housed in Switzerland’s Cantonal Museum of Archaeology and History has carried the wrong identity.

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Underwater Port Discovery Could Lead to Cleopatra's Lost Tomb

Archaeologists have made a groundbreaking discovery that could finally solve one of history’s greatest mysteries: the location of Cleopatra’s tomb.