- September 13, 2025
Get Out: Excommunicated in Medieval England
In 1229 the people of Dunstable declared that they would rather go to hell than submit in a dispute over
Wimpy vs McDonald’s: The Battle of the Burgers
When the burger landed on the tables of the first Wimpy Bar in 1954, it marked a new era of
Bronze Montefortino Helmet Recovered from Battle of the Aegates Site
Sicilian waters have yielded an extraordinary archaeological treasure – a bronze Montefortino-type helmet complete with intact cheek guards, recovered from
Playing God: Mossad’s Murder of Achmed Bouchiki
On the evening of 21 July 1973, in the quiet Norwegian town of Lillehammer, a couple walked home from the
World's Oldest Human-Neanderthal Hybrid Child Discovered
World’s Oldest Human-Neanderthal Hybrid Child Discovered An international research team has identified the world’s earliest known evidence of Neanderthal interbreeding with modern
Punk Rock Dinosaur Rewrites Prehistoric Armor Evolution
Scientists have discovered that the world’s oldest armored dinosaur sported the most extreme defensive features ever found in any vertebrate,
Tidal Forces Shaped the Rise of Sumer, the World's First Urban Civilization
Revolutionary new research challenges long-held assumptions about the origins of urban civilization in ancient Mesopotamia, revealing that tidal dynamics at
When Summer Meant Sea Serpents
From the 1860s, late July through to mid-September became known as the ‘silly season’. With Parliament and law courts in
Sophisticated Warer Pipeline Reveals 1,500-Year-Old Engineering Marvel
Archaeologists in Tajikistan have uncovered a remarkable 1,500-year-old water pipeline system perched atop a 65-meter hill at the Mugtepa settlement
Cowboy Diplomacy in the Spanish-American War
By 1898 tensions at Arizona’s border with Mexico had waned but not disappeared. The end of the Mexican-American War in