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You don't have to look much further than a piece of Medieval art to know that it was vastly different from our own. Clothes were...
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CAITHNESS, SCOTLAND - Archaeologists have found, once again, that Scotland seems to bear more historical resemblance to Scandinavian countrie...
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This man saved the world in the 1980s, and you've probably never heard of him.
It was early in the morning during an overnight shift on Septem...
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For most of us, we have a relatively simple routine for getting ready in the morning. We roll out of bed, we (hopefully) brush our teeth and ...
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STRZELIN, POLAND - the remains of a 700-year-old abandoned village have been rediscovered after nearly 70 years of searching. The quest...
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History is littered with strange artifacts. Archaeologists dig new things up all the time. Books surface, strange maps are found on the bla...
" mind and personality seem to us superhuman, while the man himself mysterious and remote." - Art Historian Helen Gardner.
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Born in 14...
“There’s a lot more variability in human cultures, and cultural behavior, than we might think.” - Pat Shipman, anthropology professor at Penn State University.
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In AD 1066, a date widely regarded as one of the most important dates in all of world history, William the Conqueror invaded S...
Duchess Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz was married to King Frederick William III of Prussia, making her the Queen Consort, from 1797-1810. In 1807, Louise met w...
