“The criterion is to teach in accordance with the needs of the time” (L.N. Tolstoy). Few people know that immediately after writing the famous epic novel “War and Peace”, Lev Nikolayevich enthusiastically took up “Azbuka”. In the novel, the history…
This 2,000-year-old mausoleum, believed to have been built for the local elite, was visible to anyone passing through the former Roman colony of Vienne, founded by Julius Caesar in 47 BC. Gallo-Roman MuseumArchaeologists excavate a mausoleum found near Lyon. Giulia…
Wikimedia Commons The Great Railroad Strike of 1877 began in West Virginia and Maryland and quickly spread across the country. By 1877, American railroad workers had long suffered from low wages and harsh working conditions. The announcement of new pay…
Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities Divers raise statues from Abu Qir Bay near Alexandria, Egypt. Archaeologists and divers exploring the waters off Alexandria in northern Egypt have recovered a trove of artefacts from a sunken city believed to be…
Donald McPherson was a United States Navy aviator in the Pacific Front in World War II, destroying five enemy Japanese aircraft. US Navy/National WWII MuseumDonald McPherson mastered the controls of a fighter jet during the war. After completing training at…
In 2018, archaeologists exploring cave systems in Vietnam discovered the well-preserved remains of an ancient human that may indicate the oldest violent death in history. Christopher M. Stimpson et al. Reconstruction of the skull of a man who died in…
On August 6 and 9, 1945, the United States dropped the first atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the first in history to use war. The attacks resulted in the complete destruction of the two Japanese cities and killed hundreds…
Archaeologists have found the jugs in an underground sanctuary discovered in the ruins of ancient Paestum, located in southern Italy. Luciana da Costa CarvalhoSome samples of honey found by archaeologists in bronze jars discovered in Paestum. Although archaeologists suspected it…
When Portrait of a Young Woman was first donated to the Allentown Museum of Art in 1961, it was thought to be a Rembrandt original. However, ten years later, it was determined to be a fake, although it may still…
In the final days of an archaeological dig in Springfield, 20 students helped uncover the foundations of the William Townsend House, the pioneer home he built upon his arrival in the region in 1832. Missouri State University archaeologists have discovered…
“If it’s not your puppy and you live in a community that doesn’t have the same views on dogs and their appeal… it’s a more economical investment.” Archaeological research in AsiaMany dog burials have been found in Anyang. Dog burials…
Independent researcher Michael S. Bar-Ron claims to have discovered the Proto-Sinaitic signature of Moses in an ancient Egyptian turquoise mine in the Sinai Peninsula. Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz. An ancient inscription that, according to Bar-Ron, reads: “This is from…