Mount Lykaion, Greece. MOUNT LYKAION, GREECE - The discovery of a 3,000 year-old skeleton near a sacrificial altar on a mountaintop in Greece has the archaeolo...
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DROMOAXIA VIZATZIA, CYPRUS - a 3,200 year-old tomb discovered in one of the oldest cities on Cyprus is giving archaeologists a valuable ...
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PETRA, JORDAN - Archaeologists were excavating Petra's north ridge, examining what they thought was a pretty ordinary house for the area...
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When we think of entertainment today, we usually think of going to the movies or going to a football game. Hundreds of thousands of people ...
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People have been telling stories as long as there have been people. Ever since the written word was invented, we've been writin...
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In 1887, Irish author Bram Stoker published his Gothic horror novel, Dracula. It tells the story of vampire Count Dracula's attempt to mov...
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Last week, on History's Badasses, we covered King Naresuan, the Black Prince of Thailand, who liberated Thailand from the might of the Burm...
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PLOVDIV, BULGARIA - Archaeologists working on the archaeological site of Nebet Tepe have unearthed a necropolis, a fortress...
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SKAFTÁRHREPPUR, SOUTH ICELAND - A group of fowl hunters were tracking a gaggle of geese in southern Iceland when they stumbl...
" the strangest old bugger you ever met." - Harold Acton.
The Sitwell Family, Edith (Left), Sir George (Middle), and Lady Edith (Right) Last week on History's...
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.
