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The very idea of the war elephant is almost synonymous with the great Carthaginian general: Hannibal. He was able to win bat...
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It was 1927. Peruvian Archaeologist Torbio Meija Xesspe was hiking in the foothills of the Peruvian Desert. When he came to an outlook on...
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Friday, April 27th, 2016. It was just a routine day for a group of Spanish construction workers in southern Spain, in the town of ...
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Europe's Dark Ages have captivated people for centuries. There's been whole history textbooks written about them. They're shrouded in myste...
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In 1891, a legacy to rival all crime fiction to date began. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle published his "A Scandal in Bohemia", in The Strand Magaz...
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Last time, in History's Nutcases, we covered Caligula. This time in the series, we're taking a look at another insane ruler fro...
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.
