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Each year, the United States has an average of 1,200 tornadoes, making up more than 75% of worldwide occurrences. The Central Great Plains is a unique geographical landscape that produces…
(Editor’s note: According to news reports, baseball great Willie Mays died on June 18, 2024, two days before his hoped-for appearance at Rickwood Field. The story below honors the legacy…
Alekos Fassianos ‘Golden Cyclist’, mixed technique with gold leafin, 79.9cm x 47.7cm. Born in Athens in 1935, Alekos Fassianos was an emblematic figure of the Greek 20th century art scene…
Archaeologists from the University of New Hampshire (UNH) and a historian from Northeastern University have collaborated to reveal what they believe is the long-lost homestead of King Pompey. Pompey was…
Catherine Parr is immortalized in history as the one who survived, the lucky last of Henry VIII’s six wives. But the Tudor queen came close to meeting a grisly fate,…
Images credited to Museums Victoria. Photographer: Tim Carrafa. Open Horizons: Ancient Greek Journeys and Connections is a once in a lifetime opportunity to see some of the most significant items…
An archaeological team in Venezuela has uncovered 20 ancient rock art sites in Canaima National Park, consisting of both pictograms and petroglyphs, estimated to be around 4,000 years old! Located…
When France decided on a mascot for the Paris 2024 Summer Olympic Games, it didn’t go with a cartoonish animal, as many other host nations have in years past. Instead,…
Archaeological Survey of the Mass Burial at Chaeronea, 1880. Image courtesy of Markley Boyer / Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Sports, Directorate of the Management of the National Archive of…
By Jenny Graves /The Conversation Neanderthals, the closest cousins of modern humans, lived in parts of Europe and Asia until their extinction some 30,000 years ago. Genetic studies are revealing ever…