"When I started as a young student, 25, 30 years ago, we thought the Moche was a culture led by powerful kings, warriors, or priests." - Archaeologist Luis Cast...
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Last time on Unsolved Archaeology, we talked about the Moai of Easter Island, the sentries that face the sea and protect Rapa Nui from anyt...
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Last time on History's Badasses, we covered the woman known as the "Spanish Joan of Arc": Agustina of Aragon. She was just your av...
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SALEKHARD, RUSSIA - Archaeologists have found the remains of a 2,000 year old graveyard near the Arctic Circle. Why's it special? Well, i...
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"I really believe that Cheops' chamber is not discovered yet, and all three chambers were just to deceive the thieves, and the treasure...
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Last time on the History of Science Fiction, we covered the late 19th century and early 20th century science fiction works, and...
‘All great men have their statues and it’s but their due,
But I wonder why the ladies don’t have them too;
If they did, to the Academy I’d like to send,
A bu...
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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...
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.
