- December 17, 2024
HISTORY

Footprints Reveal 2 Extinct Hominin Species Living Side By Side
- By LouisianaDigitalNews.com
- . December 17, 2024
Anna K. Behrensmeyer, Kevin Hatala & Purity Kiura/The Conversation Human footprints stir the imagination. They invite you to follow, to

Absinthe: From Green Fairy to Moral Panic
- By LouisianaDigitalNews.com
- . December 14, 2024
Absinthe, once the ‘Green Fairy’ – muse of painters and poets – came to haunt the last decades of 19th-century

Neolithic Communities in Europe Featured Surprising Gender Equality
- By LouisianaDigitalNews.com
- . December 11, 2024
As genetic research into the characteristics of ancient DNA has increased, scientists have uncovered a wealth of valuable information about

Sophia and the Fall: The Gnostic Creation Myth Explained
- By LouisianaDigitalNews.com
- . December 8, 2024
Gnosticism is an esoteric religious movement which has flourished in the first centuries AD. It offers a truly unique view

Books of the Year 2024: Part 2
- By LouisianaDigitalNews.com
- . December 5, 2024
If you haven’t yet read the History Today Books of the Year Part 1, you can find it here. ‘His

The Megalithic Gate of Ha-amonga a Maui
- By LouisianaDigitalNews.com
- . December 2, 2024
Scattered over 700,000 square kilometers (270, 271 sq mi) in the southern Pacific Ocean are the Tonga islands. On one

Books of the Year 2024: Part 1
- By LouisianaDigitalNews.com
- . November 29, 2024
‘Courageous, morally complex history – and superb scholarship’ Nile Green is Ibn Khaldun Endowed Chair in World History at UCLA

Zodiac Symbol of Goat-Fish Found in 2,200-Year-Old Egyptian Rock Art
- By LouisianaDigitalNews.com
- . November 20, 2024
Until now, no one had ever found a sign of the zodiac encoded in Egyptian rock art. But that has

Pythagoras: One of the Greatest Minds of His Time
- By LouisianaDigitalNews.com
- . November 17, 2024
Pythagoras was one of the greatest minds and philosophers of his time and his unquestionable influence can be felt even

Fear, Friendship and the Channel Tunnel
- By LouisianaDigitalNews.com
- . November 14, 2024
At 8.23am on the morning of 14 November 1994, crowds cheered as the first Eurostar train carrying fare-paying passengers under