History

An illustration of three sail boats with West-African patterned sails.

Exploration Mysteries: An Early African Voyage to the Americas?

Fourteenth-century Malian ruler Mansa Musa was possibly the richest...
August 9, 2022

Found: Complete DNA of Pompeii Man Who Died 2,000 Years Ago

Improvements in DNA analysis have once again allowed archaeologists...
July 24, 2022
winnebago helihome

Weekend Warm-Up: Revisit ’70s Luxury With Winnebago’s Flying Camper Van

While American culture has a historic love affair with...
July 23, 2022
Rescue helicopter on Everest Photo Vadim Petrakov

Weekend Warm-Up: Disaster on Everest

On the early afternoon of April 25, 2015, a...
July 9, 2022
A montage of the Second Seven Summits.

The Second Seven Summits: A Look Back

With today's chapter, we end our series on the...
July 4, 2022
Morocco's Atlas Mountains on a clear day. The tops are snow-capped.

Ancient Expeditions into Africa

The earliest European exploration of Africa took place thousands...
June 30, 2022

Explorers Discover World’s Deepest Shipwreck Miles Below Surface

Almost 7,000m below the Philippine Sea, explorers found a...
June 29, 2022
Artifacts from Kemune

Drought Exposes 3,400-Year-Old City in Iraq Reservoir

A dry season in the fertile crescent revealed signs...
June 23, 2022

The Mummy Files: Deciphering the World’s Best-Preserved Ancient Bodies

As unsettling as they are, dead bodies can offer...
June 21, 2022
Hans Island

Canada, Denmark Resolve Strange Arctic Island Dispute

As the Russian war in Ukraine drags into its...
June 13, 2022
Female skiers circa 1920s/1930s. Photo: Commons

Outdoor Clothing Through the Ages: A Visual History

Some of history's most commendable outdoor sporting moments happened...
May 20, 2022

Enjoy Snow? Here’s the Man Who Took the First Pictures of Snowflakes

Though not an explorer of geographies, Snowflake Bentley was...
April 24, 2022

Second Seven Summits: Mount Townsend

The Second Seven Summits involves climbing the second-highest peak...
April 21, 2022

Planispheres: The Night Sky in the Palm of Your Hand

A planisphere is an age-old device for reading the...
April 12, 2022

Legends Series: Aloha Wanderwell

Ambitious trailblazer, innovator, and adventurer; Aloha Wanderwell was born...
April 5, 2022

Escape from Camp 354: Mount Kenya, 1943

The history of Africa's second-highest peak culminates in the...
March 31, 2022

Huacas: Sacred Objects of the Incas

The Inca empire was the largest and most complex...
March 28, 2022
Machu Picchu Photo Adrian Wójcik

‘Machu Picchu’ is the Wrong Name for This South American Icon

A recent paper in an Andean archaeology journal indicates...
March 25, 2022

Great Tales in Mountaineering History: Minya Konka, 1982

Here, we tell the story of Minya Konka, a...
March 6, 2022

Mexican Woman Wants to Build Her Country’s First Thru-Hiking Trail

Most long-distance hikers are familiar with the thru-hiking Triple...
March 2, 2022

Gurans Himal: Stories From the Far Western Himalaya

In the far northwest of Nepal lies a little-known...
February 25, 2022

Weekend Warm-Up: Around Cape Horn in 1928

Four Masted Barque Rounding Cape Horn is a dull...
February 12, 2022

Exploration Mysteries: What Do These Ancient Manuscripts Say?

Around the world, a handful of age-old manuscripts have...
February 10, 2022
Photo Tete-Michel Kpomassie, the first african in greenland

At 80, Greenland’s First African Visitor Returns to Live Out His Final Years in the Arctic

In the summer of 1965, Tété-Michel Kpomassie became the...
February 9, 2022

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