"If we are right, then this is the first good archaeological evidence of this practice. It shows us the dark side of Medieval beliefs and provides a graphic rem...
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ALICANTE, SPAIN - archaeologists working on cataloging a number of artifacts in a Mesolithic era cave in Spain stumbled acros...
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SALAMIS BAY, GREECE - The Greek Ministry of Culture has announced that the site of the ancient sea battle of Salam...
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The more we learn about the Vikings, the more we realize that they weren't exactly the hairy, dirty, meat-loving barbarians that ancient...
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ENNENDI PLATEAU, CHAD - a UNESCO World Heritage Site deep in the Sahara desert has been all but destroyed by graffiti. Cha...
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Last time, on History's Badasses, we talked about the woman who founded the Red Cross: Clara Barton. This week, we're turning our...
Thomas Paine is perhaps best remembered for his influential pamphlets written at the start of the American Revolution, Common Sense (1776) especially. He was an...
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ZHENGZHOU, HENAN PROVINCE, CHINA - Archaeologists working just west of the Yellow River discovered a mysterious find: a tomb that e...
Born Friedrich Wilhelm Ludolf Gerhard Augustin von Steuben, Baron Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben was a military officer in the American Revolution from Prussia. ...
“Last Tuesday they called me to announce the big discovery of a colossus of a king, most probably Ramses II, made out of quartzite," - Egyptian antiquties minis...
