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Last time, on Battles That Made History, we covered Salamis Bay: the historical naval battle that was responsible for crushing the P...
“he remarkable persistence of mammoths on … St. Paul Island until the mid-Holocene suggests that isolated megafaunal populations can survive thousands of years ...
“These pictographs are codified information that was either transmitted among the people, or it was an attempt to transmit information from the societies to th...
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WILLAMETTE VALLEY, OREGON - A local landowner struck historical gold while he was building a new pond on his property. His find has be...
"The key to successful surgery was the patient's complete trust and confidence that the surgeon had the necessary skills and knowledge to carry out such an oper...
“At first we were confused about what it was because of the shape and size of it, but then we had a eureka moment." - Joe Prentice.
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Welbeck Abbey Last time on History's Nutcases, we had a look at the strange life of Caroline Prodgers, who, for whatever reason, made it her hobby to terrorize...
“We’re really excited to have evidence of military action here at the south wall. We have got very little evidence overall of construction material, so this is ...
"We need a lot of additional analysis and hard work for interpretation."
- Viktor Novozhenov, archaeologist with the Sayarka Archaeological Institute at Kara...
“What’s exciting for me is: I grew up coming to this beach, and now as an archaeologist working for the Army, helping to manage this site, we discovered these p...
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.