"I only did my duty, and what I was told to do was: to do as well as I could." - Simo Häyhä
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Sometimes, people set out with an idea in their heads to invent something useful. Other times, they create something completely by accident that ends up changin...
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ICELAND - archaeologists working at Eyjafjörður fjord in northern Iceland uncovered a massive burial site earlier this month. Now...
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When commercial shampoo began hitting store shelves in the 1930s, it changed the world. That begs the question, then, what did pe...
Usually, on this site, we post some pretty serious things: biographies, theories, archaeological news, and answers to some of history's puzzling questions, like...
"Ideology, expressed in material form and through aspects of public rituals and public ceremonial structures, played a significant role in the development of ...
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LAVAU, FRANCE - two years ago, a small village in eastern France became famous when archaeologists first uncovered the 5th century BC t...
"I ain't afraid to love a man. I ain't afraid to shoot him either." - Annie Oakley
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“This is just the very beginning of what will probably prove to be a very important archaeological site." - Richard Gramly, archaeologist from North Andover.
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Tea has been enjoyed as both a hot and cold beverage in countries across the world for centuries. It has sweeping health benefits, it's comfo...
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.
