In 2024, air temperatures and ocean temperatures once again reached record highs. According to climate researchers, ocean ...

There is always an element of naivete when attempting to extrapolate historical events from books that date back thousands of years. Three Wise Men, Macmillan Poster, 1960. But what exactly is the ...

If a doctor “treats the abscess in a nobleman’s eye but causes the loss of the eye,” he would lose his hand. A handful of Egyptian documents describe medicines made from beans, leeks, figs, dates, and ...

The guisarme was widely used in Europe as a defensive tool against bandits and wild animals and as an aggressive weapon in times of war. The French word “guisarme”, which was borrowed into English, ...

Sleds have been around for about 10,000 years, with the first records appearing in Arctic locations. The first sled with runners was invented to reduce friction, or unwanted scraping. The term “sled” ...

She is characterized through descriptions of her physical beauty, her dark skin, and tall stature. Shulamite in the Song of Songs. 1853 painting by Gustave Moreau. The identity of Solomon’s lover is ...

The long-fictionalized “Moon Base Alpha” is taking on more concrete shape, and may become a reality within the next 20 to 30 years. Apollo 11‘s first lunar landing was 50 years ago, marking a major ...

When light-armored Thraex paired against a heavy-armored murmillo, this mimicked the fight between Roman legionaries against their enemies in Thrace. Gladiatorial fights in ancient Rome were extremely ...

A typical spadone weighed 5.7 lbs (2.6 kg) and had a length of up to 79 inches (200 cm). Spadone was used between the 15th and 17th centuries, most notably in the Swabian War (1499), Italian Wars ...

Mictecacihuatl is meant to keep vigil over the remains of the dead. The Aztecs celebrated festivities in her honor and she was given the name "Lady of Death." A drawing of Mictecacihuatl, one of the ...

At age 10, she was 6 feet 3 inches tall, and by the time she was 16, she was already 7 feet 1 inch (216 cm). A native Chicagoan, Sandy Allen was born in 1955. At age 10, she was 6 feet 3 inches tall ...