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The remarkable discoveries include the best-preserved early image of Jesus discovered near the Turkish city of Iznik

When President John F. Kennedy addressed a joint session of Congress on May 25, 1961, he spoke of many topics: the need for economic recovery, jobs training, and programs to address unemployment; reorganization and modernization of the military; and a proposed program to build fallout shelters nationwide. The most famous portion of his speech, however, Continue reading "May 25, 1961: JFK addresse…

2,000 miles from Egypt, scientists have uncovered a fascinating artifact in Spain: an Egyptian amulet. But how did it end up there?

The Qin Dynasty brew was thick, sour, and packed with living yeast cells that shouldn't have survived.

In multiple articles I found across the web, Etruscans were mentioned as the first creators of pasta, however, there seems to be almost no evidence to support their claims. Articles such as these: ...

Born Feb. 19, 1473, in Poland, Nicolaus Copernicus was raised by his uncle, Bishop Lucas Watzenrode, who ensured he was well educated as he grew up. The education continued at the University of Cracow, where he studied painting and math; the University of Bologna, where he studied canon law; the University of Padua, where he Continue reading "May 24, 1543: The death of Nicolaus Copernicus" The po…

Deep inside the ruins of an ancient fort, researchers uncovered a collection of gold coins belonging to an emperor most people have never heard of.

Scientists have uncovered the oldest known hand-held wooden tools ever used by humans — and they’re an astonishing 430,000 years old. Buried for hundreds of thousands of years at an ancient lakeside site in Greece, the carefully carved wooden objects reveal that early humans were far more skilled and resourceful than once believed.

Hidden beneath northern Mexico, an ancient village remained unnoticed for centuries until modern construction unexpectedly brought it back into view.

A young hiker found a V12 engine high in the Scottish mountains, but the strange metal relic was only the first clue to a tragedy buried for 75 years.

Preserved in an ancient lakebed, the tracks expose a rare Early Cretaceous scene where massive plant-eaters and predators crossed the same ground.

Ancient remains and objects were uncovered in a northern Britain cave. Scientists are now trying to find out who they belonged to.

Across the windswept plains of Laos, thousands of mysterious stone jars hide secrets centuries old. Recent excavations are finally beginning to uncover what's inside.

A stunning find beneath a German city has exposed an Iron Age structure so unusual that experts say it could rewrite the area’s ancient past.

A new film about this corner of southern Italy reveals rarely visited villas, seismic landscapes and a ‘civilisation buried mid-sentence’ – all accessible by train One by one, the visitors descend through a tight tunnel cut through volcanic rock into the damp foundations of the Teatro Romano buried beneath Herculaneum, with the weight of 2,000 years of city above them. “This is a time machine,” t…

I am trying to determine when the popular modern pizza with tomato sauce and cheese was first definitely attested. De Bourcard (1866) describes tomatoes as a possible topping, but they are described ...

John T. McGreevy, the Charles and Jill Fischer Provost and Francis A. McAnaney Professor of History at the University of Notre Dame, has been elected to the Society of American Historians “in recognition…