I started teaching in 1977, and across my nearly 50 years, I noticed that students were always interested in the history of ...

Taonga is a broad and encompassing word. In the Māori version of Te Tiriti o Waitangi the Crown granted te iwi Māori tino ...

Scientists say that the two lost, but extremely important books by Apollonius, the Greek mathematician known to the ancient ...

There's no doubt about it - Australia is home to some old pubs with rich and colourful histories. But what is up for debate, is which pub is the country's oldest. We have plenty of venues ...

Archaeologists in Norway have discovered fragments of the world’s oldest rune stone in Svingerud burial field, dating back to 50 BC–275 AD.

A vermilion dot on the forehead is one of India’s most widely accepted Hindu cultural insignias. But at the festival, where millions are flocking to pray and bathe at the confluence of India’s holy ...

Scientists have deciphered a Roman boundary stone inscribed with Greek text which was recently discovered in northern Israel, ...

But the citrus genus has a surprising history, popping up everywhere from ancient Rome and the Renaissance to naval exploration and Casanova's famed romantic trysts. The history of citrus dates ...

Willie Mays passed away on June 18, 2024, at the age of 93. After Tommy Lasorda’s death in 2021, he was the oldest living Hall of Fame member. On June 28, 2024, Orlando Cepeda, another legend ...

The result marks the oldest proof of human activity in Europe, predating that found in Georgia, set at 1.8 million years. The findings were built based on a thesis proposed in the 1960s by one of ...

On a remote island in the Canadian Arctic, researchers have discovered the remains of an ancient glacier that could be over a million years old. The discovery represents what may be the oldest ...