History
Spellbooks: From the Book of the Dead to the Black Pullet
I remember strolling down the high street in Glastonbury...
Exploration Mysteries: Who Was King Arthur?
Glastonbury Abbey was everything I had imagined it to...
Space Pens: Handier Than A Sword
Heavy duty, long-lasting, technologically advanced and adaptable to most...
Exploration Mysteries: The Nazi Gold Train
Could one of Europe's largest treasure troves be hidden...
A Sudden Freeze Forced Early Humans Out of Europe
Europe's earliest human remains date from around 1.4 million...
2,000-Year-Old Curry Spices Discovered in Vietnam
Scientists in southern Vietnam have identified the earliest evidence...
‘Glorified Garden Shed’: Locals Fight to Save Last Postmen’s Huts in Wales
For a time, postmen's huts dotted the British countryside....
New Study Busts Enduring Myths About Hunter-Gatherer Gender Roles
Imagine a hunter-gatherer society of 10,000 years ago. What...
Fruit on Pizza? Ancient Pompeiians Weigh In
A fresco recently unearthed at an archaeological site at...
Archaeologists Reconstruct Face of 7th-Century Teen
A forensic artist in the UK has reconstructed the...
Early Travel Writers Inspired Explorers and Revealed the World to a Curious Public
Before Lonely Planet, Conde Nast, and Rick Steves, travel...
Weekend Warm-Up: Afghan Women Take Up Climbing
What does climbing mean when you've lost your country,...
Medieval Minstrel Beats Monty Python to ‘Killer Rabbit’ Sketch by 500 Years
In late-medieval England, itinerant minstrels wandered from high halls...
The Black Death First Came to England 4,000 Years Ago
Think the Black Death first invaded England in 1348?...
Have Archaeologists Discovered a Lost Viking Stronghold?
Start excavating a site known as Hangman's Hill, and...
‘Ships In Every Shadow’: Arctic Detective Uses Satellites to Search for Treasure
As the doomed men of the Franklin expedition abandoned...
