“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...
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We've done a post on weird recipes from the Victorian Times, but have you ever wondered what the basics of Victorian cooking were really li...
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Historical records aren't always on paper. Sometimes, they're written in stone.
The Indian Ocean earthquake of 2004 was the third-largest t...
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VALLEY OF THE KINGS, EGYPT - famous archaeologist Zahi Hawass (former head of the Egyptian Supreme Council of Antiquities) thinks he may have ...
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It's been a mystery that has confounded history enthusiasts for years.
What happened to Amelia Earhart?
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"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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Last time on History's Badasses, we ...
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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 ...
