Heritage
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3.8KScientists show how Himalayan rivers influenced ancient Indus civilization settlements
The Indus or Harappan Civilisation was a Bronze Age society that developed mainly in the northwestern regions of South Asia from 5300...
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9.2K10 Historic Estonian Castles
10 Historic castles and fortresses from Estonia
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8.0KAncient barley took high road to China
First domesticated 10,000 years ago in the Fertile Crescent of the Middle East, wheat and barley took vastly different routes to China,...
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7.3KPremium Factual Documentary Channel Planet Knowledge Launches on Freeview & Smart TV
Planet Knowledge, the UK based broadcaster and TV channel has relaunched as a free-to-watch video on demand channel on Freeview HD, SamsungSmart...
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11.7KHow long have we believed in vampires?
Vampires have a contested history. Some claim that the creatures are “as old as the world”. But more recent arguments suggest that our belief in vampires...
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7.8KNew research on the Caribbean’s largest concentration of indigenous pre-Columbian rock art
New research by academics from the University of Leicester and the British Museum working with colleagues from the British Geological Survey and...
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28.8KThe Roman Empire Strikes Back
The accepted date for the collapse of the Western Roman Empire was approximately 476 CE, when the last true Roman Emperor Romulus...
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10.4KVolcanic eruptions linked to social unrest in Ancient Egypt
Around 245 BCE Ptolemy III, ruler of the Ptolemaic Kingdom in Egypt, made a decision that still puzzles many historians: After pursuing...
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12.3KHow the people of Wales became Welsh
Britain in the early Middle Ages was very different to the country it is now. Rather than England, Scotland and Wales, the...
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11.0K‘Lost chapel’ of Westminster Palace revealed in new 3D model
The House of Commons took shape in the medieval chapel of St Stephen, formerly a place of worship for the royal family. ...
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6.1KDid Teddy Evans fatally undermine Scott of the Antarctic?
The tragic death of Scott of the Antarctic and four companions on the return of his scientific expedition to the South Pole...
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86.8KIron Age Tribes of Southern Britain – Interactive Map
The Iron Age of the British Isles covers the period from about 800 BC to the Roman invasion of 43 AD
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13.0K10 Historic Castles of Bulgaria
The emergence of a unified Bulgarian state dates back to the establishment of the First Bulgarian Empire in 681 AD, which dominated...
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5.1KGuide to the Classics: Homer’s Odyssey
The Odyssey of Homer is a Greek epic poem that tells of the return journey of Odysseus to the island of Ithaca...
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11.6KRacism is behind outlandish theories about Africa’s ancient architecture
Some of the most impressive buildings and cities ever made by humans can be found in Africa: the ruined city of Great Zimbabwe, Mapungubwe in...
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6.0KEarthquake faults may have played key role in shaping the culture of ancient Greece
The Ancient Greeks may have built sacred or treasured sites deliberately on land previously affected by earthquake activity, according to a new...
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10.7KSolving the enigma of early Norwegian iron production
Ancient Norwegians made top-quality iron. But where did the knowledge to make this iron come from? A professor emeritus from the Norwegian...
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7.3KMetallurgy Likely Has More Than One Birthplace
When and where did humans invent metal smelting? Scientists from Heidelberg University, London and Cambridge (Great Britain) have found the answer to...
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11.4KMathematical mystery of ancient Babylonian clay tablet solved
UNSW Sydney scientists have discovered the purpose of a famous 3700-year old Babylonian clay tablet, revealing it is the world's oldest and...
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11.5KConfederate submarine crew killed by their own weapon
The H.L. Hunley, the first combat submarine to sink an enemy ship, also instantly killed its own eight-man crew with the powerful...
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7.1KCitrus: From luxury item to cash crop
New research from Tel Aviv University reveals that citrons and lemons were clear status symbols for the ancient Roman ruling elite and...
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7.8KEarly Indian Ocean trade routes bring chicken, black rat to eastern Africa
The earliest introduction of domestic chickens and black rats from Asia to the east coast of Africa came via maritime routes between...
