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In 480 BC, during what is called the Second Greco-Persian War, King Xerxes of Persia sent an army of some hundred-thousand Persian ...
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"These paintings are unique. This style cannot be found anywhere in Africa." Abdisalam Shabelleh, site manager with Somaliland's Ministry o...
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NANGGU, SOLOMON ISLANDS - Archaeologists from Australia and New Zealand working on a Pacific site have discovered obsidian tools used for...
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A tablet made around 3100 to 3000 BC is the world's oldest paycheck. It's over 5,000 years old, and originated in the ancient Me...
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Last week on History's Badasses, we talked about Soviet sniper Lyudmila Pavlichenko, the most successful female sniper in history, who rack...
History is forged in the fires of war and creativity. Throughout humanity's timeline, there have been a select view inventions that have absolutely altered the ...
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Rome was an empire obsessed with violence. Citizens went to fighting pits that stood like temples to war and blood to watch gladiators f...
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Last time on History's Nutcases, we covered boy-emperor of Rome, Elagabalus, whose hot temper, sexual preferences, and ridicu...
“Now that the whole gate has been exposed, we not only have better information for dating the mask, but also a clue to its function. Are we looking at a gate th...
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Last time on Unsolved Archaeology, we introduced the Moai of Easter Island, or Rapa Nui, and talked about the history of Rapa Nui, and ...
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.
