WOMEN IN HISTORY, They Were Forbidden To Study Medicine For Several Years Until Someone...
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In ancient Greece, women were forbidden...
One of the Last Slave Ship Survivors Describes His Ordeal in a 1930s Interview
More than 60 years after the abolition of slavery, anthropologist Zora Neale Hurston made an incredible connection: She located one of the last survivors of the...
40,000-year-old bracelet made by extinct human species found
The bracelet was discovered in a site called the Denisova Cave in Siberia, close to Russia’s border with China and Mongolia. It...
The 1800s: When Americans Drank Whiskey Like it was Water
This piece is part of a series of essays on alcohol history.
History, by and...
Rabbit hole in farmer’s field leads to ‘mystery caves’
An apparently ordinary rabbit's hole in a farmer's field leads to an underground sanctuary said to have been...
[Monday September 9, 1776.][from the Autobiography of John Adams]
Monday September 9, 1776.
Resolved, that in all Continental Commissions, and other Instruments where...
The 1,500-Year-Old Lady’s Sandals with Sweet Message in Greek
The ancient sandals were discovered almost intact in the Istanbul dig. Credit: Twitter/@NkayaMuhittin
A pair of 1,500-year-old lady’s...
8 founding fathers and how they helped shape the nation
Without them, there would have been no United States of America. The Founding Fathers, a group of predominantly wealthy plantation owners and...
