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We wanted to feature some of the most stunning actresses throughout the golden years of Hollywood, but we quickly realized that there...
"Until recently, who would have thought that Ipplepen village was once 'plugged in' to the Roman empire?" - Danielle Wootton, liaison officer for the Portable A...
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It's a battle that's recorded in history textbooks all over the globe, and one of the most decisive battles ever in European history. It began...
We usually don't tend to think of cities before the industrial revolution of the 19th and 20th centuries as any more than narrow streets, buildings stacked up o...
“I could but esteem this moment of my departure as among the most happy of my life.” - Meriwether Lewis
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Last time, on History's Badasses,...
During the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, exploring was the thing to do. Europe was just now discovering that there were lands beyond their small stretch of...
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They stand in silence facing inward from the ocean, as if they are a line of soldiers, of sentries meant to protect the island from whate...
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At Utah's Canyonlands National Park, on a remote sandstone wall, limbless anthropomorphic figures look down like sentries on tourists and ar...
Retreats usually spell defeat for the great generals of history. Many avoided it at all costs, but the truly brilliant knew when to charge into battle and when ...
“This is truly astonishing. As far as I know there is no known example of the discovery of an individual historically connected with an act of war as far back a...
