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Nestled just a little bit south of the heart of the Greek Peloponnese, right on the River Eurotas, lies the ruins of one of the greate...
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Mummies in museums normally lay encased in their wrappings. Their bodies are never looked at because, usually, there's no reason to. ...
You could say that history's the story of people dying right and left. People died of the usual most of the time: wars, pestilence, plague, diseases, starvation...
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Archaeology.org is calling it a "Temple of Death". It's a conundrum for Peruvian archaeologists, a find that represents a changing of...
William Wilberforce and William Pitt, in the movie Amazing Grace. PHOTO: pinterest
“God Almighty has set before me two great objects, the suppression of the s...
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When I was making 'Star Wars,' I wasn't restrained by any kind of science. I simply said, 'I'm going to create a world that's fun...
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Last time on History's Nutcases, we covered the remarkable Zhengde Emperor. This time, we'll be pointing out another peculiar monarch in ...
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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 ...
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.
