Get Out: Excommunicated in Medieval England
In 1229 the people of Dunstable declared that they would rather go to hell than submit in a dispute over
Wimpy vs McDonald’s: The Battle of the Burgers
When the burger landed on the tables of the first Wimpy Bar in 1954, it marked a new era of
The Wolf That Devours Gods & the Human Shadow
We usually think of monsters as things to be feared or destroyed. Yet sometimes they carry messages we would not
Playing God: Mossad’s Murder of Achmed Bouchiki
On the evening of 21 July 1973, in the quiet Norwegian town of Lillehammer, a couple walked home from the
Sacred Waters: Nearly 1,000 Miniature Vessels Found in Demeter Temple
Sacred Waters: Nearly 1,000 Miniature Vessels Found in Demeter Temple Archaeologists excavating the ancient Greek city of Aigai in western
Punk Rock Dinosaur Rewrites Prehistoric Armor Evolution
Scientists have discovered that the world’s oldest armored dinosaur sported the most extreme defensive features ever found in any vertebrate,
Three Colossal Statues Rise from Egypt's Sunken City After 2,000 Years
In a landmark archaeological achievement, Egypt has successfully recovered three monumental statues from the Mediterranean seabed of Abu Qir Bay,
When Summer Meant Sea Serpents
From the 1860s, late July through to mid-September became known as the ‘silly season’. With Parliament and law courts in
Neanderthal Workshop Reveals Advanced Tool Maintenance 70,000 Years Ago
Archaeologists in Poland have unearthed compelling evidence of sophisticated Neanderthal behavior at a 70,000-year-old workshop site in the Zwoleńka River
Cowboy Diplomacy in the Spanish-American War
By 1898 tensions at Arizona’s border with Mexico had waned but not disappeared. The end of the Mexican-American War in