Retreats usually spell defeat for the great generals of history. Many avoided it at all costs, but the truly brilliant knew when to charge into battle and when ...
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At Utah's Canyonlands National Park, on a remote sandstone wall, limbless anthropomorphic figures look down like sentries on tourists and ar...
“This is truly astonishing. As far as I know there is no known example of the discovery of an individual historically connected with an act of war as far back a...
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In 1901, just off the coast of Antikythera, Greece, the remains of one of the most baffling archaeological finds to date was lifted from a m...
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So we've taken a look at when it was built and who built it, and we've even taken a look at how the ancients used the megalithic structur...
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Last week on History's Nutcases, we met Charles VI. This week, we have yet another insane monarch for you, a monarch named Peter III. He w...
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Last week, we covered the early precursors to one of the world's most beloved genres of TV, movies, and literature: Science Fiction, or SciF...
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ASWAN, EGYPT - Egypt's antiques ministry announced an amazing new discovery on May 24 of a new, non-royal burial found in a necropoli...
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ATHENS, GREECE - Archaeologists have uncovered what they believe to be the first Oracle ever built to the Greek god Apollo.
When we th...
"Any officer who goes into action without his sword is improperly dressed." - Mad Jack Churchill
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World War II swept down onto Europe. The ...
Elizabeth Lundin is a Portland-based freelance writer and blogger who enjoys writing about history almost as much as she enjoys reading it: which is quite a lot.
