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
Jewish Cemetery Lost Since 1290 Found in London
A hidden medieval Jewish cemetery, once believed to be lost, has been rediscovered beneath the Barbican Estates in London, close
The Ballad of the Inquisition’s Greatest Witch Trial
Like all legal institutions, the Spanish Inquisition recognised that justice needed not only to be done but also to be
Ancient Humans Survived the Last Ice Age Without Migrating Like Other Species
John Stewart & Jeremy Searle/The Conversation Humans seem to have been adapted to the last ice age in similar ways