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A team of scientists from ANSTO's Centre for Accelerator Science have developed a new technique that now makes it possible to use radioc...
The Victorian Era was a time of change, of innovation, and of really strange social values. Victorian society had all sorts of quirks, especially the upper clas...
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When most children in the world are thinking of a jolly, round old man with a white beard who's going to come clambering down their chimn...
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ASHKELON CEMETERY, ISRAEL - Archaeologists have made an incredible discovery along Israel's coast: a 3,000 year-old Philistine cemetery tha...
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The city of Byblos is considered by the UNESCO World Heritage Foundation to be one of the oldest continuously inhabited citi...
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Last time on History's Badasses, we covered martial arts badass, actor, and director Bruce Lee. This time, we're talking about the f...
Think history is just a boring list of names and dates? Think again. There's hundreds of amusing stories that they don't tell you in history class. Some of thos...
"Different animal species were unearthed in Emperor Qinshihuang's mausoleum, including real animals and those made of pottery or iron." - Wu Lina, Researcher wi...
"There are literally many thousands of Safaitic inscriptions and petroglyphs in the Jebel Qurma region, which suggests that people intensively used the area." -...
A medicinal jar and bowl were also found in the latrine. While we don't normally think of someone's bathroom habits as valuable insight into their life, archae...
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.
