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Archaeologists and speleologists study and catalog the drainage tunnels under the city of Pompeii, dating back to the end of the 3rd century BC. and they still work
They find evidence of a confrontation between the first Neolithic farmers in the cave of Els Trocs, in the Pyrenees
A 1,200-year-old glass piece from the hnefatafl game found at Lindisfarne
The temple within the statue within the temple that served to reconstruct Akkado-Sumerian metrology
They find a small Neolithic bone sculpture in Çatalhöyük
The statue of Nemesis made with the block of marble that the Persians carried in the battle of Marathon
The oldest known Greek theater is also the strangest
They reconstruct the voice of an Egyptian mummy from 3,000 years ago
Tiles and die of early Iron Age game found in Norway
Portus, the port of Rome built by the emperor Claudius that ended up being devoured by the sediments
They find evidence of interaction between hunter-gatherers and the first prehistoric farmers on the shores of the Baltic
Pyramid Texts, the oldest known set of Egyptian texts, inscribed inside the pyramids
Rare figurines of the Canaanite god Baal and a bronze calf found in Israel
Hares and chickens were considered gods in Britain during the Iron Age
They discover the foundational deposit and the warehouses of the temple of Ramses II in Abydos
Oldest Known Homo Erectus Remains Found
Genii cucullati, the Roman representations of hooded spirits whose meaning is unknown
Evidence of massive lightning strikes found in the center of a stone circle in the Hebrides
Mysterious bone circles made from mammoth remains reveal clues to the Ice Age
The Lovers of Ain Sajri, the oldest representation of a loving embrace
Racchi, the Inca archaeological complex where the imposing Temple of Viracocha was
The impact of a fragmented comet could have destroyed the settlement of Abu Hureyra, the place where humans became farmers
Oldest Known Prehistoric Chinese Artwork Found
The impressive catacombs of Kom el-Shoqafa, where Caracalla's horses were buried
The Bath tablets, with which the Romans transferred their stolen objects to the goddess so that she could take care of their recovery
They solve the mystery of the dating and purpose of the Uyghur complex of Por-Bajin, built on a lake in the 8th century
They find the largest known Mayan structure, 3,000 years old
DNA analysis reveals the physical origin of the Dead Sea Scrolls
Dorothy Eady, the Egyptologist who believed she was a reincarnated priestess of Isis
Archaeological find casts doubt on the chronology of Greek antiquity
A study reveals the use of cannabis and incense in an Iron Age sanctuary
Unusual examples of miniature rock art found in Australia, possibly made by children
The petroglyphs of Val Camonica in Italy, the largest collection of cave art in the world, span more than 10,000 years of history
2nd century leather toy mouse found at Vindolanda Roman site
Archaeologists discover that the vitrified fortress of Tap O'Noth was the largest Pictish settlement in Scotland
Liternum, the city where the tomb of Scipio Africanus is
They find an intact Inca offering in Lake Titicaca
When archaeologists found the Athenian general's helmet at the Battle of Marathon
Mystery solved, scientists find the origin of the Stonehenge stones
Venus of Laussel, the strange paleolithic relief showing a woman with a bison horn
The Great Arch of Ctesiphon, the largest brick vault in the world, built by the Sassanian Persians in the 6th century
Nimrod Fortress, the Muslim castle built to stop the Sixth Crusade
Tin Hinan, the founding matriarch of the Tuareg, and the controversial discovery of her tomb
The Great Colonnade of Apamea, the impressive 2 kilometer long Roman colonnaded avenue
The Mausoleum of Juba and Cleopatra Selene, the daughter of Mark Antony and Cleopatra, in Algeria
Massive Neolithic structure found near Stonehenge
The ceramic cup containing the earliest known fragment of Greek poetry, the oldest written reference to the Iliad, and the origin of the Latin alphabet
Seafood helped prehistoric peoples migrate out of Africa
How a British archaeologist found the remains of the Halicarnassus Mausoleum by digging tunnels under the houses that covered it
The Sator Square, a multipalindrome inscription found in Pompeii and other sites whose meaning is unknown
They find a Christian chalice at the Roman site of Vindolanda, one of the forts of Hadrian's Wall
The oldest port in the world is in Lothal, India
110-meter-long Roman dam found in central Turkey
Archaeologists find remains of the Viking quarter of Constantinople
The unique tomb built by a Roman baker in the 1st century BC.
They find a column with representations of various deities in a Roman well in Germany
Researchers develop a new international carbon dating standard
Pompey's column in Alexandria, all that remains of the most beautiful temple in the world
Humans carry DNA from an as yet unidentified ancestor
Similar Neolithic projectile-making technologies found in North America and Arabia
The 5,000-year-old Warka mask is the first accurate representation of the human face
Execration texts, the inscriptions of magic that the Egyptians made against their enemies
Remains of pre-Christian Viking temple found in Norway for the first time
They find in India a Roman seal-ring similar to the one Augustus used before he became emperor
The numerous theories about pre-Columbian voyages to America
The enigmatic European prehistoric culture that cyclically burned its villages
The Apollinarian Vases, the offering of a 1st century man from Cadiz found in some Italian baths, which bear the route from Gades to Rome inscribed
Koi Krylgan Kala, a fascinating fortress from 400 BC. discovered by a Soviet expedition in 1938
Mons Claudianus, the great quarry of Ancient Rome in Egypt
They find the first Phoenician wine press from the Iron Age
The strange paleolithic engravings of the Addaura Caves in Sicily, with human figures that seem to perform acrobatics
The Canal of the Pharaohs, the precedent of the Suez Canal that was in use until the 8th century
They find in Rome a monumental pool that could have been a shipyard
They identify the mathematical values of the fractional signs in the ancient Linear A script of the island of Crete
The impressive neolithic burial mound of Saint-Michel in Carnac
A study links paleolithic Venuses with climate change and diet
Domus de Janas, the unique prehistoric 'fairy houses' of Sardinia
They find an inscription from the 4th century BC. which tells the story of a pirate on the Greek island of Kythnos
The Colossus of Barletta, the impressive Roman statue from the 5th century AD. that it is not known which emperor he represents
Renea, the island where the inhabitants of Delos were born and died
The ancient Mayans built sophisticated water filters
The unique Visigoth hypogeum of Valdecanales
How English travelers found the Lion of Chaeronea in 1818, erected in 318 B.C. as a monument to the fallen of the Sacred Battalion of Thebes
How a Danish historian invented the Three Ages, the periodization system of Prehistory and Protohistory
The Vespasian and Titus system of tunnels and canals in the port of Antioch, a marvel of Roman engineering
They find the tomb of the Greek astronomer poet Aratus, from the 3rd century BC.
Modern humans arrived in Western Europe 5,000 years earlier than previously thought.
They find next to the island of Kasos the wreck of a Roman ship loaded with amphorae from the Iberian Peninsula
The only surviving Roman curia portico, which was saved from disappearing under the waters
Artaxata, the story of the 'Armenian Carthage'
Frank Calvert, the archaeologist who told Schliemann where to dig to find Troy
An archaeological and geophysical study reveals the location of the Sanctuary of Apollo in Fragkissa, Cyprus
Carahunge, the 7,500-year-old Armenian talking stones
Humans were able to hibernate for very long winters, according to injury marks on bones found in Atapuerca
The Barbegal mills, the largest known concentration of mechanical energy in ancient times
Baboons mummified by the Egyptians provide new information on the location of the mythical country of Punt
The mysterious Caves of the Sky of Nepal, created 3,000 years ago in places of almost impossible access
Band-e Kaisar, the easternmost of the Roman bridges, built by legionnaires taken prisoner at the Battle of Edessa
Su Nuraxi, the most impressive megalithic complex in Sardinia, built in the 17th century BC.
An inscription mentioning the Scorpion King is the oldest place-name sign in the world
An ancient Egyptian manual reveals new details about mummification
The great glass slab of Beit She'arim weighs 9 tons and is 1,600 years old
New dating techniques reveal the oldest known cave painting in Australia, and it's a kangaroo
The secret port of the island of Aegina, submerged under Avra beach for more than 2,000 years
The Caves of Pilate excavated and carved by the Romans on the island of Ponza
The House of Romulus on the Palatine
They find a fragment of bone inscribed with the oldest symbols in history
The mysterious stone of Lake Winnipesaukee
The Cave of the Swimmers in the Sahara desert
They find fabrics dyed with royal purple that date back to the time of Kings David and Solomon
The most amazing and strange of all Greek temples had 38 atlanteans, and it was never finished
Climate change and water scarcity caused mass migrations in Egypt at the end of the 3rd century AD.
The impressive underground church of Aubeterre-sur-Dronne, whose origin may have been a temple to Mithras
The archaeological site that houses the palace of the Buddha's parents
The gate of Aramu Muru, a carving of natural origin or an unfinished Inca structure
QV66, the most beautiful hypogeum in the Valley of the Queens and tomb of Nefertari
They find the 'missing link' in the history of the alphabet in the Mediterranean Levant
The Roman amphitheater of Durrës in Albania, the largest in the Balkans
Viminacium, the Roman city where the largest number of tombs have been found
They reconstruct the possible face of Pharaoh Akhenaten
Study links Iron Age feather quilts in Sweden to journey to the realm of the dead
The tomb of Queen Puabi, the only one in the Royal Cemetery of Ur found intact with all its treasures
Ughtasar petroglyphs in Armenia are 12,000 years old and could be related to Egyptian hieroglyphs
They recreate the cosmos and part of the functioning of the Antikythera Mechanism
The Goseck Circle, the oldest of the European circular pits, dates from the 49th century BC.
Study Suggests Scythians Were Not a Totally Nomadic People
They solve the mystery of the origin and dating of the megalithic jars of Laos
The extraordinary statuette of the Sleeping Lady, found in a Neolithic hypogeum in Malta
Remains of medieval Nubian cathedral with wall paintings found in Sudan
They find in the ancient city of Segesta, in Sicily, a new monumental building and the signature of its 'benefactor'
New analysis at Jebel Sahaba suggests that the oldest war in history was actually a succession of conflicts
The earliest known hydraulic saw, depicted on a Roman sarcophagus from the 3rd century AD. in ancient Hierapolis
Horologium Augusti, the largest sundial in the ancient world, whose remains are still visible in Rome
Analysis Shows Romans Produced Marble More Efficiently Than Today
Abu Ballas, two sandstone hills in the middle of the desert covered with Egyptian pottery from over 3,000 years ago
Geochemical analyzes find that numerous mercenaries participated in the battles of Himera in the 5th century BC, contrary to what is reported by ancient sources
They discover the maintenance system of the aqueduct of Constantinople, the longest in the ancient world
Sword fragments and other tools were used as money during the Bronze Age in Europe.
DNA analysis reveals the origin of the first civilizations of the Bronze Age in Europe
The school assignments and drawings of Onfim, a boy from the 13th century, which were preserved buried in the mud
Pesse's canoe, the oldest boat in the world
They find the oldest evidence of human activity in a cave in South Africa
The Lady of Cao, the mysterious woman who ruled the Mochicas in the 5th century
The Simpelveld sarcophagus, the only known Roman with sculpted decoration inside
The curious Assyrian reliefs showing swimmers using devices to float
The Golden Helm of Coțofenești, the iconic Iron Age Thracian helmet
The Byzantine mosaic of Madaba, the oldest map of the Holy Land, is on the floor of a church in Jordan.
They discover that Neanderthals decorated bones more than 50,000 years ago, shedding new light on their cognitive abilities
Laudatio Turiae, the longest surviving personal Roman inscription, is a singular eulogy by a widower to his wife
Researchers reconstruct the silver trade in the Mediterranean, from the Trojan War to the Roman Republic
They find the relief of a mysterious horseman at the Roman site of Vindolanda, next to Hadrian's Wall
Augusta Raurica, the best preserved Roman city north of the Alps
Claudian Table, the bronze plaque that preserves the speech in which Claudius asked for citizenship for the Gauls
They date the 'Vasca votiva', a ceremonial deposit found in northern Italy, to the 15th century B.C.
The reliefs of the Hittite sanctuary of Yazılıkaya, solved a 3,200-year-old archaeological mystery
They find in New Mexico the oldest human footprints in America, from more than 23,000 years ago
Researchers present evidence that a cosmic impact destroyed a biblical city in the Jordan Valley
The archaeological expedition that searched for the 'lost Ark' in Jerusalem
Life-size camel carvings from northern Arabia date to the Neolithic
The Riace Bronzes, one of the most spectacular discoveries in ancient Greek art
New evidence supports the idea that the first North American civilization was made up of "sophisticated" engineers
Chan Chan, the largest adobe city in America
They date the settlements of the first farmers in Europe to the middle of the 5th millennium BC.
The curious story of the lost arm of the Laocoön and his children
The Neanderthals made the paintings in the Cueva de Ardales, considered among the oldest in the world
Origins of applied geometry revealed in 3,700-year-old clay tablet
The mysterious underground city under the towns of Osimo and Camerano in Italy
The black obelisk of Shalmaneser III, the oldest depiction of a biblical character and the first known reference to the Persians
The Palermo Stone and the seven fragments that preserve the oldest historical text in Egypt
The surprising origin of the mummies of the Tarim Basin in China
They find 478 ancient ceremonial complexes in southern Mexico
Shinan's ship, the richest wreck found so far
A solar storm allows us to date the arrival of the Vikings in America in the year 1021 AD.
How Auguste Mariette found the fabulous Serapeum of Saqqara and the sarcophagi of the Apis bulls
Miners working in the Hallstatt salt mines in the Iron Age ate blue cheese and drank beer
The oldest footprints of primitive hominids, found in Crete, are more than 6 million years old
The tomb of Cecilia Metella reveals the secrets of the resistance of Roman concrete
The enigmatic dolmens of the Western Caucasus, unique in prehistoric architecture
Roman temple found in ancient Phoenician city of Tire
Feriale Duranum, the calendar of religious festivals found in the Roman military garrison of Dura Europos
Bronze Age gold bowl with solar motifs found in Austria
The cave where the Sibyl of Cumae pronounced her oracles
They find a plaque with representations of Scythian gods in a burial mound in Russia
Imhotep, the vizier who was the first engineer and architect in history
Archaeologists discover houses of salt workers in an underwater Mayan site
Ciampate del Diavolo, the fossilized footprints in lava of hominids fleeing from a volcano 350,000 years ago
Archaeologists find important evidence of the history of the great temple of Heliopolis
The easternmost Roman aqueduct, which was left unfinished, is discovered in Armenia
The Roman sanctuary of Panóias in Portugal, dedicated to Serapis and the gods of Hades, is unique in the world
The oldest fabrics in history, found in Çatalhöyük, are made from oak bark
They reconstruct how the Assyrians built the siege ramp of Lachish, the only surviving example of their military prowess
They find in Pompeii the intact room of a family of slaves in a suburban villa
Three Bronze Age swords that retain their wooden hilts are found in the ancient Greek city of Ripes
A visual reconstruction shows what Scotland's oldest and largest Pictish fortress looked like over a thousand years ago
The Barbar temple in Bahrain, so old that it could have been visited by the historical Gilgamesh
They find a monumental Roman temple, of unusual shape, in the ancient city of Doliche
Ostrich Eggshell Beads Reveal 50,000-Year-Old Social Network in Africa
The Celts reached remote North Atlantic islands centuries before the Vikings
The Veksø Helms, two Bronze Age helmets that are related to the 'divine twins' and the cult of the Sun
The Mithraeum of Duino in Italy, the only temple of Mithras located in a natural cave in Europe
The mace head found in a temple at Hierakonpolis which is the first mention of the existence of the Scorpion King
Ethiopian megalithic stelae are 1,000 years older than previously thought
Caral, the first city in America
2,700-Year-Old Assyrian Leather Armor Found in China Demonstrates Diffusion of Technology in Ancient Times
Gold jewelry from the time of Nefertiti found in Bronze Age tombs in Cyprus
They find an inscription that can help locate the ancient city of Melibea de Magnesia, whose exact location is unknown
Nine Arches, the Egyptian expression to refer to foreigners and enemies
The Larzac tablet, the longest inscription in the language spoken by the Gauls, is a curse between rival priestesses
The Famine Stele, a controversial inscription from the 2nd century BC. that recounts events of more than 2000 years before
Greco-Roman tomb with 20 mummies discovered in Aswan
The animal of Mesopotamian and Egyptian mythology, a mixture of leopard and snake, whose name is unknown
The three-tiered underground city of Nushabad, built by the Sassanian Persians 1,500 years ago
A volcanic eruption allows dating the oldest remains of Homo sapiens in more than 230,000 years
Discovery of millet at a 3,500-year-old site in ancient Mesopotamia transforms knowledge of early agriculture
Ancient tombs reveal a 4,500-year-old network of funerary avenues in northwestern Arabia
4,000-year-old Bronze Age board game found in Oman
The fortresses of the Orastia mountains, the Dacian system of protection against the Roman conquest
12 archaeological discoveries of 2021
A solar flare allows dating the start of trade between the Islamic Middle East and Viking Age Scandinavia
How DNA is preserved in archaeological sediments for thousands of years
Digitally unwraps the mummy of Pharaoh Amenophis I for the first time in 3,000 years
Exceptionally Preserved Embryo Found Inside Fossilized Dinosaur Egg
The Krater of Vix, the largest ancient bronze vessel, was found in the tomb of a Celtic princess
The cargo of a shipwreck reveals the connection between Cyprus and Sardinia in the Late Bronze Age
The Swimmer's Tomb containing the only figurative frescoes of classical Greek Antiquity
The petroglyphs of the Kivik Royal Tumulus in Sweden, the tomb of a Norse chieftain who traveled to Greece in the Bronze Age
The twin columns of Brindisi, unique in the architecture of Antiquity
Thousands of ostraci found at Athribis documenting life in ancient Egypt include lines and drawings by school children
Greek and Etruscan helmets found in the ruins of the Elea-Velia acropolis
A human vertebra discovered in the Jordan Valley tells the story of prehistoric migration from Africa
One of the oldest Buddhist temples in the world found in ancient Gandhara
A settlement more than 3,600 years old refutes the idea that the Arabian Peninsula was totally nomadic
Vijayanagara, the great Indian city that had more than 140 temples and became the second largest in the world
Latest Known Roman Amphitheater Found in Kaiseraugst, Ancient Augusta Raurica in Switzerland
Kofunes, Japanese megalithic burial mounds, face the arc of the rising sun
The four Golden Hats of the Bronze Age
Discovered in Tarquinia a new Etruscan tomb with a great trousseau
They discover that some skeletons were painted with colors before being reburied in Çatalhöyük 9,000 years ago
They identify a sanctuary with a sacred pool of Baal aligned with the stars in Sicily
Litharge and lead-lined sarcophagus found at Roman site in southeast England
Urfa Man, the oldest large naturalistic human sculpture found, is over 10,000 years old
The Sperlonga statues, found in the grotto that collapsed while Emperor Tiberius was holding a banquet
The great Egyptian labyrinth of Hawara, one of the lost wonders of antiquity
The ancient Mexican city of Monte Albán resisted for centuries thanks to a collective and equitable government
The Mycenaean bridge in Kazarma is the oldest in Europe in operation
Rare stone with Pictish symbol found near site of famous battle in Scotland
The strange prehistoric statues of Ain Ghazal created 10,000 years ago
They find how the Stonehenge solar calendar could have worked
The Horseman of Artemisius, one of the most exceptional bronze sculptures of Greek Antiquity
They solve the mystery about the origin of the Venus of Willendorf
The lifelike statue of Kaaper the scribe is the oldest life-size wooden statue from Ancient Egypt
They find a ceramic fragment that can explain how the Pacific was populated, one of the greatest migrations in history
A study questions the theories about the arrival of the first humans in America
Unusual hoard of Roman coins from the time of Constantine the Great found in Switzerland
The largest collection of Greek and Roman works of art was discovered in 1750 in the Villa of the Papyri, buried by Vesuvius
Treaty of Qadesh, the oldest peace agreement in the world
Early European farmers were shorter than previously thought
They find in Alexandria a workshop for the manufacture of amphorae from Roman times
Archaeologists recover a 4,000-year-old ship near the ancient city of Uruk
Large stone jars similar to those found in Laos found in India
The Beringer Lying Stones that looked like fossils
The Babylonian map of the world, the first world map in history
Scientists find ways to study and reconstruct odors from the past
Migrants from the south who brought corn were the first Mayan ancestors
The jade robes in which the emperors and princes of the Han dynasty were buried
The mysterious caves of Guyaju, the largest complex of rock-cut dwellings in China
Genetic origins of world's first farmers revealed
Underground Iron Age complex found under house in Turkey, decorated with rare procession of deities
The Vogelherd horse, the oldest equine sculpture in the world
Two new Nuragic giants found in Mont'e Prama, Sardinia
Remains of an Isis temple and a Ptolemaic watchtower found in Egypt
The huge doors of the temple of the goddess of dreams and the Assyrian palaces of ancient Imgur-Enlil
Archaeologists find large-scale rock art in Alabama cave
They find in Saqqara the tomb of a royal official, responsible for the secret documents of Pharaoh Userkara
Shuruppak's Instructions to his son Ziusudra, the only survivor in the history of the Mesopotamian flood
The oldest petroglyphs in North America are at the bottom of a dry lake
Ceramic pots found in Jerusalem may have been used as hand grenades during the Crusades
They find a temple dedicated to Zeus in the ancient city of Pelusium, in Egypt
The mysterious pillar that the Persians built in the center of the circular city of Gor
Navajo National Monument, the 13th century Anasazi settlements before leaving the sedentary lifestyle
The strange petroglyphs of Dighton Rock
They find 150 bronze statues and 250 closed sarcophagi in the Egyptian necropolis of Saqqara
Felix Romuliana, the great palace of Roman Emperor Galerius in Serbia
Oasisamerica, the ancient region between Mexico and the United States whose inhabitants expected the world to end in 1695
The underground aqueducts of Cantalloc created by the Nazca culture in Peru
Large pre-Hispanic cities found in the lowlands of northern Bolivia
Hormuzd Rassam, the archaeologist of Assyrian origin who discovered the Gilgamesh poem
They find in the ancient Berenice Troglodytica, in Egypt, a tomb with coral walls and floors and a rich trousseau
The Hindsgavl dagger, a striking prehistoric flint object inspired by bronze designs
A tooth found in Laos confirms that the Denisovans inhabited South Asia
The trilingual inscriptions of Darius and Xerxes at Ganj Nameh
Arslantepe, the place where the oldest swords in the world were found
Reveal the original color and new inscriptions in the temple of Esna in Egypt
Code of Ur-Nammu:the oldest law in history
They find in Germany a strange prehistoric figure that may represent a goddess of water
Hadrumeto, the Punic city that supported Rome in the war against Carthage
Kerkouane, the only Carthaginian city unmodified by later cultures, whose true name is unknown
The Tombs of the Lions of Dedan
Researchers find evidence of use of fire from 800,000 years ago
Pompey's Trophy marking the junction of the Via Augusta and the Via Domitia in the Pyrenees
They find in Pompeii the remains of a turtle from 2,000 years ago and its only egg
They solve the mystery of the anonymous god of Palmyra
The bodies of the fallen soldiers in the battle of Waterloo could be sold as fertilizer
Olive trees were first domesticated 7,000 years ago in the Jordan Valley, the oldest evidence of fruit tree cultivation
They discover a Viking shipyard in a lake in Sweden
Researchers reconstruct how millet spread from East Asia to Central Europe in the Bronze Age
Moray, the place where the Incas carried out agricultural experiments
They solve the mystery of what could cause the last Ice Age
A new study questions the mass extinction of the Ediacaran fauna before the Cambrian explosion
Blythe Intaglios, the enormous geoglyphs of the Colorado desert
Tiny zircons found in South Africa suggest plate tectonics began 3.8 billion years ago
Prehistoric peoples created art by firelight, according to new research
Rumkale, the ancient fortress on the banks of the Euphrates that is only accessible by boat
Aelius Gallus, the Roman prefect who led an expedition to Arabia
The Romans introduced mules to Central Europe in the late 1st century BC.
The chariot that always points south, used in ancient China to navigate without magnetism
Livio Andronicus, the first Roman writer, is responsible for us calling Odysseus Ulysses
Porta Nigra, the Roman gate of the walls of Trier that was preserved because a Byzantine monk settled in it
The inns and service stations of the Roman roads
The chariot that always points south, used in ancient China to navigate without magnetism
Shen Kuo, the medieval sage who first described the magnetic needle compass
Origins of the Black Death identified
The Iron Crown, with which Charlemagne and the kings of Italy were crowned for centuries, could have been part of Constantine's helmet
Cheomseongdae, the oldest standing astronomical observatory in Asia
Arnau de Vilanova, the great medieval doctor who was the first to use alcohol as an antiseptic
90% of medieval manuscripts of chivalric and heroic tales have been lost
Kropfenstein, the castle built into the wall of a cliff
The unusual cave churches of northern Spain
Zeppelin Raids, German airship bombing raids on Great Britain in World War I
When the Anglo-Saxon countries rejected the racial equality clause proposed by Japan in 1919
Two unusual cases of confrontation between submarines and cavalry, during the First World War
The story of Dorothy Lawrence, the English journalist who dressed as a soldier in the First World War
Jackie, the baboon who fought on the Somme and was promoted to corporal
The largest war memorial in the world is a 243 kilometer road
Spähkorb, the invention that allowed to guide German airships hidden in the clouds in the First World War
How a camouflaged German ship from World War I was sunk by the enemy who appeared to be
How in 1919 a league against the mandatory use of masks due to the Spanish flu was created in San Francisco
The Battle of the Marne, when the French used the 670 Paris taxis to send reinforcements to the front
Iron Harvest, the annual collection of war material from the First World War that will take 700 years to complete
How Germany sank their entire fleet at Scapa Flow at the end of World War I
Paul von Lettow, the only German soldier who invaded British territory in World War I and ended up undefeated
Wikinger, the botched operation in which two German ships were sunk by friendly fire
The battle of Ortona, the little "Italian Stalingrad"
The most decorated regiment in the history of the United States was made up of soldiers of Japanese origin
The Swedish mathematician who cracked the German World War II codes in just two weeks, with pencil and paper
The Allied plan to deindustrialize and fragment Germany after World War II
When the Finnish Army Deactivated Soviet Mines Using Music
Operation Catapult, the destruction of the French navy by the Royal Navy in 1940
The women radar operators who monitored the Pacific after the attack on Pearl Harbor
The Battle of Hürtgen Forest, the longest fought alone by the United States Army
Operation Unthinkable, the British plan to stop Soviet expansion in Europe
Digby Tatham-Warter, the British officer who led his soldiers with umbrellas and bowler hats at the Battle of Arnhem
Operation Nordwind, the last major German offensive of World War II
The Laconia Incident, when German submarines rescuing shipwrecked people were attacked by American planes
The Ni'ihau incident, when a Japanese pilot returning from the attack on Pearl Harbor had to land on a Hawaiian island
We all come from Malawi
The beautiful cave paintings of the Cueva de las Manos
The Namibian mountain with more than 45 thousand cave paintings
Ancient Europeans disappeared 14,500 years ago
Boucher de Perthes, the archaeologist who put forward the idea of antediluvian man thirteen years before Darwin
The Black Sea Flood, a theory about the origin of the legend of the Universal Deluge
The legends of the Hadza people are so old that they could refer to extinct hominid ancestors
A study on DNA in the Iberian Peninsula suggests that the male population was almost completely replaced during the Bronze Age
Modern humans and Neanderthals share an intertwined genetic history, according to a new study
The Corchia cave in the Apuan Alps reveals the cause of the end of the ice ages
A new study suggests that Africans also have Neanderthal ancestors
How cold was the last Ice Age? They establish that its average temperature was 7 degrees Celsius
A new theory suggests that the human brain grew as a result of the extinction of large animals
Remnants of an ancient prehistoric desert form Europe's largest sandy terrain in Serbia
The first people who entered America did so with dogs, whose domestication took place in Siberia
The four keys to human evolution
Genome sequencing of a woman who lived in Romania 35,000 years ago shows that the Ice Age caused diversity to decline in humans outside of Africa
A billion-year-old fossil reveals the missing link in the evolution of animals
The first settlers arrived in America thanks to the dozens of islands that have now disappeared from the Transitory Bering Archipelago
DNA study suggests Celtic languages arrived in great migrations to Britain in the Late Bronze Age
A study reveals how the abundance of life in the oceans contributed to the creation of the first mountains on Earth
Extensive crystallized rock formations in the Atacama Desert, possibly created by a comet explosion
Study challenges conventional theory about the emergence of early states
The Neolithic made us taller and smarter, but more prone to heart disease
The prehistoric paintings and engravings of Tassili, made when the Sahara was not yet a desert
The last giant camels and archaic humans coexisted in Mongolia until 27,000 years ago
The Gold Cloak of Mold, a spectacular Bronze Age object unique in form and design
New research strengthens link between glaciers and Earth's Great Unconformity
The Antikythera Mechanism, a computer from 2,000 years ago
The 300 most famous in history
Maximino, the Thracian giant who was emperor of Rome... without ever having set foot on it
10 of the strangest laws of antiquity
15 superheroes from other times
When Thebes defeated the Spartans:the first known use of the staggered formation
The only time the Spartans surrendered:the Battle of Sphacteria
They solve the mystery of a famous poem by Sappho by simulating the position of the stars with software
Greeks vs. Goths:an ancient text reveals a hitherto unknown battle
The Syracusia, the largest ancient ship designed by Archimedes
The tomb of Cyrus the Great, the oldest building in the world with seismic isolation
Caratacus, the British leader who saved his life with an emotional speech
How Peisistratus twice tricked the Athenians into becoming a tyrant
The longest Roman dam in the world measures 2 kilometers and is still in use
The Battle of the 300 Champions, the duel between Sparta and Argos
Aspendos, the best preserved Roman theater in the world
How ancient Greek women organized their own Olympic Games:the Hereian Games
Bayas, the now submerged Roman city that was Las Vegas of Antiquity
When the Spartans and Athenians threw the Persian heralds into a well
The use of flaming pigs against war elephants during Antiquity and the Middle Ages
Edwin Smith Papyrus, the first treatise on surgery in history
Diamastigosis, the ritual whipping of the Spartan ephebes in honor of Artemis Ortia
Tomiris, the queen of the Massagetae who defeated and killed Cyrus the Great
The Vietnamese sisters who led an army of women against the Chinese invaders
The act of cannibalism that gave rise to the Persian Empire
Thurios, the panhellenic city of Pericles designed by Herodotus, Protagoras and Hippodamus of Miletus
Hephthalites, the White Huns who created an empire in Central Asia
Asiatic Vespers, the genocide of one hundred thousand Romans in Asia Minor by order of Mithridates
Red Eyebrows, the Chinese revolutionary movement of the 1st century
Pelusium, the battle that the Persians won against the Egyptians by throwing cats at them
The oldest cathedral in the world is in Armenia, the first state where Christianity was the official religion
The tribe of left-handed warriors that survived annihilation and deportation, later known as Israel
The monumental tomb of the poet-astronomer Arato, hidden under a field of orange trees and never opened
Pytheas, the Greek navigator who reached the Arctic in the 4th century BC.
Himilcon, the Carthaginian who sailed across the Atlantic to the British Isles
5,000 years ago the ancient Egyptians invented their own color blue:the first synthetic pigment in history
Herostratus, the man who destroyed one of the wonders of the ancient world to pass on to posterity
The collapse of the Fidenas amphitheater, the greatest tragedy in history that occurred in a public spectacle
The strongest known earthquake in the Mediterranean occurred on Crete in 365 AD.
The eclipse that ended the war between Lydians and Medes in 585 BC. could be predicted by Thales of Miletus
Onomacritus, one of the first forgers in history
Eunoo, the man who led a slave rebellion in ancient Rome before Spartacus
Helépolis, the huge siege tower whose remains were used to build the Colossus of Rhodes
Arraquión, the Olympic champion who won his last fight after death
When Emperor Claudius invented three new letters to add to the alphabet
How Julius Caesar killed the pirates who kidnapped him when he was on his way to study with Apolonio Molón in Rhodes
Elagabalus, the scandalous emperor who imposed in Rome the cult of the Syrian god El-Gabal
The Tactic of the Ancient Persians:Deliberate Drunk, Decide Sober
Sempronio Denso, the centurion who died defending the emperor alone
Enheduanna, the Akkadian priestess considered the first known female writer
The Groan of the Britons, the request for help to Rome that never came
The legendary meeting between Hannibal and Scipio at Ephesus
The Royal Game of Ur, one of the oldest board games in history
The Gordian knot and the origin of the yoke and arrows as symbols of the Catholic Monarchs
Abdalonimo, the gardener whom Alexander the Great made king of Sidon
When Xerxes' Persian fleet traversed a peninsula digging a canal during the Second Persian War
The Colosseum in Rome offers visits with virtual reality and family games
Ricimer, the man who put and deposed emperors in the last years of the Roman Empire
Nero's expedition to Ethiopia that was able to discover the sources of the Nile
The 5 Roman expeditions to sub-Saharan Africa
Fifth Fabio Máximo, the "Shield of Rome" that prevented the conquest of it by Hannibal
When Alexander conquered Pelion by having his phalanxes simulate military exercises
Salt the earth, the ancient condemnation of the cursed cities that could be a myth
Timbrea, the battle in which Cyrus the Great conquered Lydia using camels
The discovery of the giant ships that Caligula used on Lake Nemi, destroyed in World War II
Hermanubis, the syncretic god that the Romans created by merging Hermes with Anubis
Sisigambis, the mother of Darius III, disowned her son and was captivated by Alexander the Great
How Thales of Miletus Earned a Small Fortune, to Prove the Usefulness of Philosophy
Leonidas of Rhodes, the athlete who held the record for Olympic victories for more than 2,000 years
The only Greco-Roman temple in the former Soviet Union
Bucephalus and Péritas, the animals whose names Alexander the Great gave to two cities
Marco Claudio Marcelo, the "Sword of Rome" who tirelessly fought Hannibal
The Iliad and the Odyssey are only two of the eight poems in the Epic Cycle that narrate the Trojan War
Stoic opposition, the philosophers who challenged the Roman emperors
The Egyptian-Phoenician expedition that circumnavigated Africa more than 2,500 years ago
How the ancient Greeks invented a telegraph system to transmit messages over a distance
The large island mentioned by Herodotus that disappeared from maps in the 15th century
How Aristotle's personal library came to Rome, almost 300 years after his death
Secessio plebis, the Roman antecedent of the general strike in which the people left the city
Megasthenes, the Greek geographer of the 3rd century BC. who described the Himalayas and calculated the longitude and latitude of India
The impostors who tried to impersonate Nero after the death of the Roman emperor
Caesar, besieged with Cleopatra in Alexandria, had his ships burned to prevent retreat
The first mention of the word Abracadabra, in a Roman medical work from the 2nd century AD.
The last 5 battles of the Western Roman Empire
How a 4th-century bishop preserved the longest text on Phoenician religion to survive
The Farnese Atlas, the first known representation of the Celestial Sphere
The oldest surviving text of Latin prose is a manual of agriculture and recipes, including the placenta cake
When Roman women donated their hair for catapults
The Chinese king who minted gold coins to distribute among his subjects
When Euhemerus of Messina found the record of the birth and death of Zeus, Uranus and Cronus
Roca Tarpeya, the place from where the traitors to Rome fell from the cliff
Sicarios, the sect that instigated the general rebellion against Rome in Judea
Marmore, the highest man-made waterfall in the world, created by the Romans in 271 BC.
The mystery of the disappearance of the most valuable medicinal plant of antiquity
Corupedius, the battle that ended the long war between Alexander's successors
Laconism, the Spartan origin of a form of expression
The Etruscan and Roman Saeculum, when centuries did not last a hundred years
A new theory proposes that Alexander the Great died paralyzed six days after his supposed death
The origin of the names of the months and the days of the week
How did the Persians count their casualties in battle?
The Assyrians, the people who built an empire in Mesopotamia 4,000 years ago, still exist
Electro, the natural alloy of gold and silver with which the first metal coins were minted
Onesicritus, the historian whom Alexander the Great sent to learn the secrets of the yogis
When the Codex was imposed on the Scroll as a format for books
Where did the books in the Library of Alexandria come from?
How the Sumerians appointed substitute kings during eclipses and the custom survived even in the time of Alexander
Hippika gymnasia, the Roman chivalric tournaments
Evidence of heavy metal air pollution during Roman times found on Mont Blanc
The strange case of Aesop, the famous ancient fabulist whose existence and ugliness are doubtful
Theagenes of Thasos, the athlete who became a god
The Aedui, the Celtic people who considered themselves the original brother of the Romans
Gaius Apuleius Diocles, the invincible charioteer who is considered the highest paid athlete in history
Cincinnatus, the dictator who voluntarily relinquished his power twice, after saving Rome
How an argument over a board game led to the Seven States Rebellion, which led to Chinese unification
The laws of Caronda, the Greco-Sicilian legislator who wrote them in verse
The small North African elephants, now extinct, with which Hannibal crossed the Alps
Draco, the Athenian legislator expelled from the city for the severity of his laws
Axial Era, the period in which empirical thought would have been born in various parts of the world at the same time
Eudoxus of Cyzicus, the Greek navigator who attempted to circumnavigate Africa in the 2nd century BC.
Aquae Sextiae, the battle in which the German women protected the retreat of their husbands by insulting them for being cowards
The trickster who invented a new god and founded the most famous oracle of the 2nd century AD.
Quirites, the common denomination adopted by Romans and Sabines that marked the beginning of citizenship
Sisamnes, the judge whom Cambyses had executed and flayed for prevarication
Antiochus I Soter, the Seleucid monarch who was the last King of the Universe
The rocks of Mount Chimera have burned for millennia and gave rise to the mythological monster of the same name
Thespis, the first actor in history and inventor of the Greek tragedy and theatrical tours
How Epaminondas, with a little ruse, definitively defeated the Spartans
Linothorax, the linen breastplate used by hoplites in Ancient Greece as an alternative to bronze
Hellanodicas, the organizers and judges of the Olympic Games of Antiquity
Horacio Cocles, the hero who fought alone on a bridge defending Rome from an invasion
How Themistocles distracted the Spartans to rebuild the walls of Athens without them knowing
Cremera, the battle between Romans and Etruscans in which only one of the 306 males of the gens Fabia survived
The Cantabrian circle and other combat tactics that the Romans learned in the Asturian-Cantabrian wars
Lucilius, the Roman poet who invented literary satire
Xanthippus, the Spartan general in the service of Carthage who prevented the city from being conquered by the Romans
Marcus Aponius Saturninus, the man whose sleeping nods during an auction were turned into bids by Caligula
Eurymedon, the battle in which the Athenians disguised themselves as Persians, and marked the beginning of the end of the Persian Wars
Tree rings could determine the date of the great eruption of the island of Tera in the year 1560 BC.
The false shipwreck fraud perpetrated in ancient Rome by the contractor Marco Postumio Pirgense
Tito Tacio, the king who wanted to avenge the affront of the kidnapping of the Sabine women and ended up joining Rome
Pyramus and Thisbe, the mythical Mesopotamian lovers who originated the story of Romeo and Juliet
The Euphrates Tunnel, the world's first underground passage, built over 4,000 years ago
Lucius Sicio Dentatus, the Roman who is considered the bravest soldier of all time
When Hasdrubal crossed the Alps faster than Hannibal, to bring him reinforcements
The history of the Sibylline Books, the prophecies consulted by the Romans, destroyed by Stilicho in the 5th century
Quintus Fabius Pictor, the first Roman historian, wrote in Greek
Celia Concordia, the last vestal of Rome
Zopirion, the Macedonian general who suffered the first major defeat of the reign of Alexander the Great
The history of Byblos, the oldest continuously inhabited city in the world
Xiongnu, the mysterious confederation of nomadic steppe peoples who dominated central Asia for centuries
How Sargon of Akkad became the first emperor in history
No ancient Latin poet was born in Rome
Horti Maecenatis, the splendid Roman villa of the famous Maecenas
The emotional speech that Tacitus put into the mouth of the Caledonian chief Calgaco before facing the Romans on Mount Graupius
When the Roman general Sulla felled the centuries-old trees of Plato's Academy
Julius Nepos, the true last emperor of Rome
Perdiccas, Alexander's general who was defeated by the Nile
The first and only Chinese embassy to the Roman Empire during ancient times, which never reached its destination
The hieroglyphics of the temple of Seti I in Abydos that look like a helicopter, a tank and an airplane
Gramineous crown, the highest and rarest Roman military decoration
The legend of the Theban Legion, subjected to "decimatio" for refusing to kill Christians
Aegospotami, the great victory of Sparta over Athens that decided the Peloponnesian War
The phenomenon of 'dead water' could be the cause of the defeat of Cleopatra and Marco Antonio in Accio according to a new study
Anicio Fausto Albino Basilio, the last consul of Rome
The last words of the Oracle of Delphi
The engineers who advised against opening the Corinth Canal in 304 BC, due to the difference in sea height, were not totally wrong
How the Athenian prisoners in Syracuse got their freedom by knowing the tragedies of Euripides by heart
They discover a sunken Hellenistic fortress at Cape Chiroza in Bulgaria
The Merseburg Charms, the only examples of Germanic pagan mythology preserved in Old German
When a Stoic, a Peripatetic, and a Skeptic were sent to Rome in 155 B.C. and the senate panicked
Diviciaco, the only druid of Antiquity whose existence is historically proven
Trophy of the Alps, the monument erected by Augustus in southeastern Gaul
Pignora imperii, the 7 objects that guaranteed the domain of Rome
Aca Larentia, the woman who raised Romulus and Remus
Altava, the Christian Berber kingdom successor to Rome in Algeria that tried to resist Islamic expansion
Aglaonice of Thessaly, the Greek astronomer considered a witch for predicting lunar eclipses
The three wives of Alexander the Great and his tragic end
The story of the Roman who created the first public fire department, and how Augustus stole the idea
Fabricio Bridge, the oldest Roman bridge over the Tiber that remains intact
The fictionalized Sparta
Artemisia I, the warrior queen who commanded a squad at the Battle of Salamis
Plato's seventh letter, which suggests that his true philosophy was never published
The 147 maxims and the mysterious E of the sanctuary of Delphi
Chaeronea, the battle that allowed Philip of Macedon to dominate all of Greece
When Trajan and Hadrian had to jump out of the window during the Antioch earthquake in 115 AD.
The military reform of Gaius Marius that turned the Roman army into an unbeatable force
Gallic Empire, when Gaul, Hispania and Britannia seceded from Rome
Ferecides of Syros, the first Greek who wrote in prose and gave Pythagoras the finger
The Star Gauge, a Chinese poem from the 4th century AD. in the form of a grid with which another 3,000 poems can be formed
The navy of Rome, despised by the Romans themselves
The funeral oration of Pericles, the most famous speech in history
How Alexander captured the fortress of Roca Sogdiana without the need to fight
Altar of Victory, the monument that sparked the War of the Statues between Christian and pagan senators of Rome
The Column of Constantine, the only remaining monument of the founding of Constantinople
A theory links the mythical island of Thule with the Greek discovery of Iceland
The incredible legend of the Sicambri, which places the origin of the Merovingian Franks in Troy
When Julius Caesar built a bridge over the Rhine, and destroyed it 18 days later
The most famous comet of antiquity was visible for seven days and interpreted as the deification of Julius Caesar, assassinated four months earlier
How Alexander turned the island of Tire into a peninsula
Callias, the man who fought in the battle of Marathon dressed as a priest and signed the treaty that ended the Persian Wars
Antidose, the exchange of fortunes that an Athenian citizen could propose to get rid of financing a public service
Benben, the stone venerated in the Solar temple of Heliopolis that gave rise to the pyramids, the obelisks and the Phoenix
The Styx waterfall, the place where Thetis submerged her son Achilles to make him invincible, is the highest in Greece
How numbers were written in ancient Greece
The Imperial Library of Constantinople, the last of the great libraries of Antiquity
Archestratus, the most famous cook of ancient Greece, hated by the philosophers
Climate crises in Mesopotamia prompted the first stable forms of state
An analysis of the Dead Sea Scrolls suggests that they were written by different scribes imitating the same style
Alimenta, the charity program created by Trajano to care for poor children
Margites, the comic poem that parodied the Iliad and the Odyssey and was also attributed to Homer
Kubaba, the only queen to appear on the Sumerian Royal List, may be the origin of the goddess Cybele
Burebista, the king considered the first unifier of Dacia, who supported Pompey against Caesar
Imilce, the Iberian wife of Hannibal Barca against the war with Rome
The long Roman siege of Lilibea, the last Carthaginian stronghold in Sicily during the First Punic War
Quintus Valerius Soranus, the tribune convicted of revealing the secret name of Rome
Commandaria, the oldest wine in the world that has been produced since 800 BC. in Cyprus
Spolia opima, the Roman trophy for defeating an enemy in single combat, was only awarded three times in history
Scythian archers, the policemen of ancient Athens
Amphiaraus, the forgotten oracle who also answered the question of King Croesus of Lydia
How in ancient Rome the hours were shorter in winter than in summer
How a Dutchman found Homer's tomb on the island of Ios
The impressive fortress of Roman origin on the rocks of Belogradchik
The disappearance of the Statue of Zeus at Olympia, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
The sacred ships of Athens that gave rise to the Paradox of Theseus
The mistake the Persians made in 513 BC, repeated by the French in 1812 and the Germans in 1941
Poena cullei, the Roman penalty that consisted of being put in a sack with animals
Protogenes, the famous ancient painter who refused to stop working in the midst of the siege of Rhodes
Lampadedromía, the Athenian torch relay race in which 40 runners from each team participated
The controversial letter in which the Spartans claimed to be descendants of Abraham
The citadel of Bam in Iran, the largest building in the world made of mud and adobe
Pythagoras of Regius, the first Greek sculptor to depict hair and other anatomical elements in detail
The Roman Domus of Malta and its mosaics with three-dimensional effects
A little Greek poem rewrites the history of poetry and song
When Hadrian deified his mother-in-law, the first Roman woman to have a temple dedicated to her person
Lucio Munacio Planco, the Roman politician who tried to do nothing to avoid being associated with a side
The Instructions of Amenemope, the teachings of an Egyptian scribe from the 11th century BC. that appear in the bible
The indigenous population of ancient Sicily, before the arrival of the Greeks, were active merchants
A genetic study provides new data on the origin and legacy of the Etruscans
Astilo de Crotona, the first athlete who changed to the rival team
Phrynichus, the Greek playwright who invented historical tragedies and sequels
An extraordinary mosaic with scenes from the Iliad and a Roman villa discovered in Rutland, UK
Locros, the city that had the first written laws in Europe in the 7th century BC, was founded by escaped slaves with their mistresses
Volcanic eruptions contributed to the collapse of Chinese dynasties
The Step Pyramid of Djoser at Saqqara, the world's first great monumental complex, was the model for all Egyptian pyramids
Black broth, the food of the Spartans
El-Qurn, the pyramid-shaped Egyptian holy mountain at the foot of which is the Valley of the Kings
The Persians, written by Aeschylus in 472 BC, is the oldest surviving play
The Romans also wrote in lowercase and cursive.
The history of the horses of the Basilica of Saint Mark in Venice, the only remaining bronze chariot from Antiquity
Vitis, the rod with which the Roman centurions exercised their authority
Gorgo, the woman who most influenced Spartan politics, was the daughter, wife and mother of a king
The Persian Royal Road, the road built by Darius I in the 5th century BC. that connected the entire empire
Acta Diurna, the 'newspaper' created by Julius Caesar in 59 B.C.
How Aristagoras tried to convince the Spartans with Hecataeus' map to face the Persians
Moneta, the Roman goddess with a confusing name who originated the word "coin"
Before the arrival of horses in Mesopotamia they used hybrids of wild ass and domestic donkey
Scribonius Longus, the Roman physician of the 1st century AD. who was the first to use electricity as a treatment
The oldest seed from which a plant germinated was 2,000 years old and was found in Herod's palace on Masada
How the last 7 philosophers of the Academy of Athens fled to Persia in 529 AD.
An analysis of the composition of Roman denarii sheds light on the financial crisis mentioned by Cicero
The political tactic invented by the Athenian Thucydides in the 5th century BC. still used around the world
The story of Nabis, the last king of Sparta, and his unusual social revolution
Hyperbolus, the last Athenian who was ostracized for trying to reinstate him
The woman who discovered alchemy and who is credited with the invention of the 'bain-marie'
Quintus Pompey Senecion Sosius Priscus, the Roman with the longest known name
How Pompey ended the Cilician pirates who ruled the Mediterranean
Callisto, the freedman who advised Caligula and Claudius and whose fortune surpassed that of Crassus
Numerius Negidius, the fictitious name used in ancient Roman jurisprudence
Tetrarchy, the Roman political system that distributed power among four emperors and limited terms to 20 years
The longest word in world literature appears in a comedy by Aristophanes written in 391 BC.
The battle of the Persian Gate, the last resistance to Alexander in a gorge before reaching Persepolis
Aetius, the man who led the defense of the Roman Empire against the barbarian peoples
The Devil's Codex, the largest known medieval manuscript
Top 10 Medical Advances of the Middle Ages
9 curious medicinal remedies used in the Middle Ages
The adventure of the people from Almeria who created an independent state in France
The Kraken:the reality of a medieval myth
The 10 medieval inventions that changed the world
Cola di Rienzo, the last tribune of Rome
Rex bellator, Ramón Llull's idea to unite all orders of chivalry under the same command
The history of the Knights of the Tau, the first military order in Europe
The circular city of Baghdad, a revolutionary urban project in the year 762
The Great Company, the mercenaries who terrorized the Italian peninsula in the fourteenth century
Fort Derawar, the imposing fortress in the middle of the Pakistani desert
The Voyages of Juan de Mandeville, the medieval best-seller that influenced Columbus
The first case of pagophagia in history:the Byzantine emperor Theophilus
5 medieval board games that can still be enjoyed
Momchil, the Bulgarian highwayman and national hero who united Byzantines and Turks against him
The underground city of Naours in France, built in the 10th century and reused by the Nazis
Zappolino, the medieval battle caused by the theft of a cube
When Saladin commanded to respect a wedding in his siege of Kerak
Hugh of Lincoln, the saint who bit off two pieces of the alleged arm of Mary Magdalene
Morgengabe, mahr and escreix:matrimonial life insurance of medieval origin
Who cared for the sick and buried the dead of the Black Death in the Middle Ages?
Lingua Ignota, the first artificial language in history, created in the 12th century
La Grande Jacquerie, the peasant revolution that shocked France in 1358
The Day of the Pit, the terrible massacre that gave rise to the expression "spend a night in Toledo"
Avempace, the first philosopher of Al-Andalus
When Charlemagne destroyed the Irminsul, the bridge guarded by Heimdal that connected heaven and earth
Gilles de Rais, the serial killer who tried to save Joan of Arc
Story of two lovers, the erotic novel that would make Pope Pius II famous
The hair-raising siege of Suiyang, when cannibalism wiped out more than 20,000 inhabitants
Floki, the eccentric character from the television series Vikings, did he really exist?
Rubruquis, the Franciscan monk who toured Asia and met the Great Khan before Marco Polo
Julianus, the traveling Dominican who found Great Hungary and warned Europe of the Tartar invasion
The Knights of Saint Lazarus, the suicidal leper warriors of the Crusades
The true story of Lagertha, the Viking warrior wife of Ragnar Lodbrok
The amazing Bellifortis, the first illustrated manual of military technology, created in the early fifteenth century
The puzzling Novgorod Codex, the oldest Rus' book, contains thousands of hidden texts
The crusade against the peasants of Stedingen and the subjugation of freedom in Europe
The Caspian Gates, the legendary barrier of fortifications that defended the passage through the Caucasus
Sigurd I of Norway, the Viking who went on the First Crusade
Basil I:How a Humble Peasant Became Emperor of Byzantium
When the conclave of cardinals took almost three years to elect the Pope, they removed the ceiling from the room where they deliberated locked up
The true story of Aslaug, the last wife of Ragnar Lodbrok
Fustat, the first Muslim capital of Egypt, which burned for 54 days
St. Guinefort, the holy dog of medieval France whose cult lasted into the 20th century
Jomsvikings, the legendary Viking mercenaries who formed a military brotherhood
The medieval Kumbhalgarh fort in India, the second largest wall in the world
The true and legendary story of Ragnar Lodbrok, the protagonist of the Vikings series
The massive Genoese landing that led to the first reconquest of Almería
Liber Paradisus, the document that freed thousands of serfs in 13th century Bologna
Shāhnāmé, the longest verse epic ever written by a single author, which allowed the Persian language to be preserved
The Lady of Arintero, the young woman who pretended to be a man to fight for Isabel de Castilla
Gwenllian ferch Gruffydd, the medieval Welsh princess who led an army against the invading Normans
Abbás Ibn Firnás, the Andalusian wise man who invented the parachute and wings to fly
The Reich Jewels, the treasure accumulated by the holders of the Holy Roman Empire
Constantine the African, the Muslim convert who introduced classical and Arabic medical texts to Europe
How Magerit came to be Madrid:the origin of a city name
Wild Hunt, the creepy medieval legend of the infernal hunters
Celestine V, the pope who resigned and was locked up in a castle for the rest of his life
Christine de Pizán, the first professional writer and precursor of feminism in the Late Middle Ages
The Silos missal, the oldest European book made with paper
The wrought iron belt that prevented the collapse of the Amiens Cathedral
Gutisko Razda, the language spoken by the Visigoths
The floor plan of St. Gall, the largest known architectural plan from the High Middle Ages that was never built
How two Byzantine princesses shocked the West by using a fork
Peipus, the medieval battle that was fought on a frozen lake
The legend of Excalibur, embedded in stone or given by the Lady of the Lake
Götz von Berlichingen, the man with the iron arm glossed by Goethe and author of a famous phrase used by Mozart
Abul-Abbas, the elephant given to Charlemagne by the Caliph of Baghdad who was the first to set foot in northern Europe
The Battle of Montgisard, when the Leper King's meager army unexpectedly defeated Saladin
The Battle of Cúl Dreimhne, the first copyright dispute and confrontation between Christians and Druidics in Ireland in the 6th century AD.
Irene of Athens, the first Byzantine Empress to hold the throne in her own name, not as a consort
The man who claimed the throne of France in the Middle Ages claiming to have been exchanged at birth
When the King of Aragon attended the Bordeaux Challenge disguised as a servant
Arcos de Valdevez, the tournament that prevented a battle and determined the birth of the Kingdom of Portugal
When the Byzantine Emperor Basil II had the thousands of prisoners he had taken at the Battle of Kleidon blinded
Björn Ragnarsson and the Viking raids on the Iberian Peninsula
The largest wooden building in the world houses a 16 meter tall Buddha statue
The convulsive life of Andronicus I Komnenos, who managed to become emperor by escaping after 12 years of captivity
The Empire of Trebizond, the Greek state that survived the fall of Constantinople
Esquieu de Floyran, the man who instigated the trial of the Templars in France
When a son of Saladin tried to dismantle the pyramids of Giza
The strange manuscript that collects several medieval texts, including the only original copy of the Beowulf poem
The peculiar system of succession from brother to brother of medieval Russia
Bal des Ardents, the palace masked ball that ended with several participants burned alive
Ivailo, the peasant who became emperor of Bulgaria fighting Byzantines and Mongols
The story of Miguel Escoto, the greatest intellectual of his time, who helped Fibonacci develop his famous succession
Robert the Bruce, the true Braveheart, whose heart was returned to Scotland from Spain
Turcópolos, the light cavalry of Turkish and Christian origin who were recruited by the Crusaders and the military orders
A.E.I.O.U, the enigmatic motto of Emperor Frederick III of Habsburg
Medieval texts contradict the legend of Alfred the Great as founder of the Royal Navy
The collapse of the Erfurt latrine, one of the worst accidents in the Holy Roman Empire
Genji Monogatari, the oldest novel in history
Al-Kamil, Saladin's nephew who met Saint Francis of Assisi and ceded Jerusalem to the Christians
Ridda wars, when new prophets began to be proclaimed everywhere in Arabia
The Battle of Marjayoun, the first in Saladin's long series of victories over the Crusaders
Dionysius the Meager, the mathematician who invented the BC/AD system. and did not know the number zero
When the Varangian Vikings took their ships overland to the Caspian Sea and ravaged its shores
Uta von Ballenstedt, the medieval sculpture that served as a model for Snow White's stepmother
Thus fell Ruad, the last stronghold of the Crusaders in the Holy Land
The tower of the medieval castle of Vernazzano, leaning on the edge of a precipice
The Eye of the Witch, the spectacular ruins of a medieval castle in Alsace
Formigues, the naval victory with which Roger de Lauria stopped the French invasion of Catalonia
Danielis, the mysterious woman who financed the enthronement of Basil I and Leo VI
How medieval bridges were built
Amaya, the capital of the Duchy of Cantabria, seed of the Reconquest
The largest Viking DNA sequencing reveals that they were not all Scandinavian and could change history
Constans II, the Byzantine emperor who sent embassies to China and attempted to move the capital to Syracuse
Ingólfur Arnarson, the Viking who was the first permanent settler of Iceland
How Richard the Lionheart accidentally conquered Cyprus on his way to the Third Crusade
The story of Gudrid Thorbjarnardóttir, mother of the first European born in America according to the Viking sagas
The battle of the Meander of Samara, the first and controversial defeat of Genghis Khan
The night the moon exploded
Edward Bruce, Braveheart's brother who proclaimed himself High King of Ireland
Medieval warhorses were surprisingly small, study finds
Nri, the pacifist kingdom of the Niger Delta that lasted a thousand years
Eustaquio the Monk, the Benedictine who abandoned the monastic life to become a pirate and inspired the figure of Robin Hood
Asparukh, the khan who settled the Bulgarians in the Balkans taking advantage of the Umayyad siege of Constantinople
Vimara Pérez, the Asturgalaic nobleman who defeated the Vikings and is considered the proto-founder of Portugal
The legend of the Twelve Paladins of Charlemagne
10 products that exist because of the World Wars
The World War I battle fought on a lake that inspired the movie 'The African Queen'
When Hungary was a Soviet republic after World War I
The Indo-German conspiracy to liberate India during World War I
When the Japanese Navy intervened in the Mediterranean to the aid of the British
Iron Front, the 1930s anti-monarchist, anti-Nazi and anti-communist German paramilitary group
Mansfield Smith-Cumming, the first director of British espionage, who inspired Ian Fleming to create the boss of James Bond
The First Great Escape, the largest prisoner escape in World War I
The alliance between Nazi Germany and China in the 1930s
Wilfred Whitfield, the modest hero who helped the mutilated soldiers of the Somme
The story of the only prisoner to escape from a British camp in both world wars
The hypnotic anti-submarine camouflage of British ships in the First World War
The World War I battle fought in North America
The German submarine stranded in England after the First World War
The Red Zone of Europe:the place where human life is not possible
The history of the Asturias, the largest ocean liner in the world until 1939
The chemical process invented to manufacture explosives that today sustains a third of the world's population
Willy-Nicky correspondence, the exchange of telegrams between the Tsar and the Kaiser on the eve of the First World War
How the Siam Expeditionary Forces participated in the occupation of Germany after World War I
How two German cruisers brought the Ottoman Empire into World War I
Tokei Maru, the ship that dumped its cargo to rescue Izmir's refugees during the 1922 genocide
The Amazing Life of Frederick Duquesne:Hunter, Inventor, Journalist in America, German Soldier and Spy in Both World Wars
The mysterious treasure of the German cruiser SMS Dresden, sunk in the First World War
The British soldier who could kill Hitler in the First World War
Kugelpanzer, the unusual round German mini-tank from World War II
The history of the Arditi, the Italian elite troops of the First World War
SMS Emden, the German corsair cruiser of the First World War and the incredible odyssey of its first officer
The last corsair, the amazing life of the German who sailed during the First World War
The Ghost Army:the artists who tricked Hitler with inflatable tanks
The man who volunteered to be a prisoner at Auschwitz
The fake Nazi map created by British intelligence that showed a German South America
The visionary who designed an ice aircraft carrier in World War II
Operation Cowboy:When General Patton Saved Half a Thousand Lipizzaner Horses
Operation Kreipe:when the British kidnapped a Nazi general
When Allies and Germans Fought Together in World War II:The Battle of Itter Castle
Pervitin, the drug that made German soldiers feel invincible in World War II
Operation Long Jump:Hitler's plan to kill Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin
When Stalin was about to be removed
The Last Stand:images of the traces of the Second World War in the landscape
6 projects that used animals as weapons in modern warfare
The Mystery of the Columbus Globe for Hitler's State Leaders
How Paul von Hindenburg was buried six times in twelve years, the last by the Monuments Men
The Nazis' secret weather station in Canada discovered 36 years after the end of the war
Heligoland, the island that received the first allied bomb in World War II
An animated map showing Allied bombing raids on Western Europe during World War II
3 World War II military operations in Spanish territory
The strange Italian church built by prisoners of war in the Orkney Islands
Operation Chowhound/Manna, the most dangerous air mission of World War II
The British soldiers who parachuted with bicycles on D-Day
Nisei, Japanese Americans interned in camps in their own country
Tatiana Savicheva, the Russian girl who wrote a diary during the siege of Leningrad
Koch, the Jewish spy for the Nazis in Palestine
10 World War II heroines
Million Dollar Point:When the US Army Dumped All Their Gear Into the Sea Rather Than Give It Away for Free
Kurt Gerstein, the Nazi who tried to boycott the Final Solution
The largest relief map in the world:The Great Polish Map of Scotland
The ingenious escape that preceded the Great Escape, using a gymnastic horse
When France invaded Germany in 1939
The Real Inglorious Bastard:When the Entire German Army in Innsbruck Surrendered to a Jewish Spy
Operation Tracer:The British Secret Haven in Gibraltar
Finnmark, the region devastated by the Nazis at the end of World War II
When the Luftwaffe defended Iraq in World War II
The ship that fled the Japanese in World War II with an optical illusion
Werner von Janowski, the worst spy in history
The history of the Yamashita Treasure, the Japanese war booty in World War II
The funniest face of the Tehran, Yalta and Potsdam conferences
ROA, the Russian Liberation Army that fought alongside the Germans against the USSR
Peenemünde, the sunniest corner of Germany, where the V-1 and V-2 were built
General Montgomery's plan for D-Day, drawn up on a single sheet of paper
Operation Ironclad:the conquest of Madagascar from the French in World War II
Red Orchestra, the Soviet espionage network in Nazi Germany
Operation Green, the German plan to invade Ireland during World War II
The unheard of plan to demoralize the Nazis with 'stink bombs' in World War II
The Green Legion, the Portuguese volunteers enlisted in the Blue Division
The US plan to invade Brazil in World War II
The great massacre of pets in the United Kingdom before the outbreak of World War II
When three British agents stole Amsterdam's diamond reserves in the face of the German invasion
Attu, the only World War II battle fought in North America
The training base for spies in Canada, so secret that not even the Canadian government knew exactly what they were doing
Operation Keelhaul, the forced repatriation of millions of people to the USSR after World War II
The Cephalonia Massacre:the extermination of 5,000 Italian soldiers at the hands of the Germans
During World War II the United States lent 149 ships to the Soviet Navy, 23 never returned
The largest prisoner escape of World War II occurred in an Australian concentration camp
The fortress of Mimoyecques, the secret base of the Nazi V-3 to destroy London
When Hitler offered a reward for the capture of Clark Gable
Charles Joseph Coward, the English sergeant who contradicted his surname by saving Jews in Auschwitz
How Bicycle Reflectors Funded Nazi SS Organizations
Biuro Szyfrów, the Poles who first cracked the Soviet codes and then the Germans
Max Heiliger, the holder of the bank accounts of the Nazi plunder
Joseph Beyrle, the soldier who fought in the US Army and the Red Army during World War II
Aleksandra Samusenko, the first female tank commander during World War II
The Alpine Wall, the impressive Italian defensive line carved into the rock of the Alps
The unusual concrete barges that rest on the Thames and were used in the Normandy landings
The Nazi plan to attack the Panama Canal during World War II
The aerial bombardment that destroyed Pompeii for the second time
Task Force Baum, Patton's disastrous operation to free his son-in-law from a prison camp
Josef Greiner, the man who tried to blackmail Hitler
El Shatt, a Croatian refugee camp in Egypt during World War II
Why the Netherlands sends 10,000 tulip bulbs to Canada every year
The bombings suffered by Switzerland in World War II despite its neutrality
Oslo Report, the mysterious document on Nazi weapons research sent to the British anonymously in 1939
Henri Giraud, the French general who escaped from prison in both world wars
The legend of the Ourang Medan, the mystery of the ship that never existed
How a Bishop and a Mayor Saved the Jews of the Greek Island of Zante in World War II
Poon Lim, the castaway who holds the record for survival on the high seas on a raft
Louis Napoleon, the Bonaparte who fought in the French Resistance during World War II
The Black Book, the list of Britons that the Nazis were going to stop when they invaded Great Britain
Gruinard, the Scottish island bombed with anthrax during World War II
Phoebus, the cartel of light bulb manufacturers that agreed to their planned obsolescence
How a corporal ordered a Rolex from a German prison camp to use in The Great Escape
When Americans and Canadians mistakenly fought each other during World War II
Richard von Coudenhove-Kalergi proposed in 1926 the union of Europe, with the Ode to Joy as an anthem
The American destroyer that attacked a Japanese submarine by throwing potatoes at it
Georg Konrad Morgen, the SS judge who persecuted the SS
The escape of several German prisoners during World War II that their guards wanted to take advantage of to capture a submarine
Kohima, the agonizing battle that prevented the Japanese from invading India
Martha Ellis Gellhorn, the only woman to land in Normandy on D-Day
Theodore Roosevelt Jr, the only general to land with his men in the first wave of D-Day
When France and Great Britain proposed their union in 1956
Filthy Thirteen, the World War II paratroop unit that inspired the movie "Gallows Twelve"
Comet Line, the allied soldiers evasion network created by a young Belgian nurse
Eddie Chapman, the double agent who saved London from the V-1 during World War II
Operation Roundup, the frustrated Allied plan to land in France two years before Normandy
Trümmerfrauen, the women who cleared German cities after World War II
X Force, the Chinese Army unit that helped the Allies retake Burma in World War II
Operation Countenance, the Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran during World War II
Wolfskinder, German orphaned children in Soviet territory after World War II
The amazing story of Judy, the dog imprisoned in a World War II concentration camp
The myth of Die Glocke, the mysterious Nazi bell that annulled gravity
The Rosenstraße protests, when German women saved their Jewish husbands by taking on the Nazi regime
Maria Oktiábrskaya, the Soviet woman who paid for the manufacture of a tank and personally drove it to avenge the death of her husband
The French resistance at Lille buying time for the British to be evacuated at Dunkirk
The Pied Piper of Saipan, the marine who convinced the Japanese to surrender
The pilot who crashed his plane into a German bomber to save Buckingham Palace
Aimo Koivunen, the Finnish soldier who starred in the first documented case of Pervitin overdose in combat
Mikhail Devyatayev, the Soviet prisoner who escaped in World War II by stealing a German plane
Why did the Iroquois Confederacy declare war on Germany in 1942?
SS Richard Montgomery, a ship aground since 1944 in the Thames Estuary that is packed with explosives
The World War II aviators who survived falls from thousands of meters
The Japanese ambassador in Berlin who unintentionally made it easier for the Allies to land in Normandy
The Bielskis, a family of Jewish partisans who fought the Nazis in Poland and Belarus
How a British Anthropologist Led Naga Guerrillas Against the Japanese in WWII
"Still on patrol", the qualification that the US Navy gives to missing submarines and planes
U-864, the only submarine sunk in combat by another when both were submerged
When the Italians attacked the Royal Navy at Alexandria using manned torpedoes, during World War II
When the Japanese bombed the United States with balloons during World War II
The submarine sunk by its own torpedo, part of whose crew was able to escape from the seabed
James Stagg, the weather officer who decided the date of D-Day with his accurate weather forecast
Black Panthers, the African-American soldiers of the US 761st Tank Battalion, who fought in the Ardennes
When 36 Luxembourgers defended Vianden Castle against 250 Waffen-SS
The story of the mysterious uranium cubes of the Nazi atomic project
Rettungsboje, the rescue buoy devised by the Germans in World War II to save downed pilots
Jasper Maskelyne, the magician who outwitted the Germans with his tricks in World War II
Joe Kieyoomia, the Navajo who survived in Nagasaki thanks to the walls of his cell
WASP, the WWII American Air Force Corps
Witches of the Night, the most successful Soviet aviators of World War II
How Shrimp Noise Helped US Submarines Against Japan
Operation Tannenbaum, Hitler's plan to invade Switzerland
The conquest of Fort Eben-Emael by German paratroopers which allowed the invasion of Belgium
The cliffs from which thousands of Japanese jumped into the void after the Battle of Saipan
Dam Busters, the Allied bombing of the Ruhr dams in 1943
The origin and meaning of "Banzai!", the cry of the Japanese during their fearsome charges
Basis Nord, the secret naval base that the Soviet Union ceded to Nazi Germany in 1939
The Dome of Helfaut, the gigantic bunker built by the Germans in northern France
The Texel uprising, the last battle of World War II in Europe
How the Nazi Party lost the elections in occupied Denmark in 1943
The 1939 joint German-Soviet parade in occupied Poland
The Library of Alexandria
The lost city of the Incas
Contraception in History
Did the story of Little Red Riding Hood always have a happy ending?
The history of Education in Brazil in facts and dates
Churchill's Church
The invention of the cigarette
The Legend of the Swan Song
The death of Mozart
the source of trouble
the origin of popcorn
The origin of micaretas
The Origin of Wall Street
the origin of the devil
The Origin of Santa Claus
The missing bones of Pedro Álvares Cabral
The first hereditary captaincy of Brazil
Saint Augustine's Theology of History
Classical Liberal Arts
Children's book covers
The exploits of Archimedes
The religious lines of Brazil
Big Ben – Origin of the name
Brief history of bread
Cannibalism
Cannibalism of the Tupinambás
Marriage, a Christian Invention
Santo Daime tea
Cities in Antiquity
Five diseases that marked the history of humanity
How did the first deodorants come about?
Tale about peasants in the Middle Ages
Run after the cow, or catch her in the fridge?
Where does the English of England come from?
Democracy
Social inequality
Christmas Day
From wild corn to movie theater popcorn
From the first wheat planted to the hot mix
What if the Greeks hadn't existed?
Einsatzgruppen – Nazi death squads
Watergate Scandal
Annales School
strange relics
Eureka! Archimedes' writings found
femicide
Phoenicians in Brazil?
Gossip in History
historical sources
Fort Alamo
Greeks and Romans as Celtic Colonies?
Brasilica War
Guillotine
halloween
History of Alchemy
beard history
History of the Excommunication
History of Impotence
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