The Blaschka Glass Invertebrates Collection was recently moved from Corson-Mudd Hall to the Museum of the Earth. The ...
The Peasants’ Revolt of 1381 was one of the largest and most dramatic popular uprisings in medieval Europe. But what do we really know about this celebrated event in English history? The rising was ...
A landmass that once connected Britain to mainland Europe had temperate forests that could have sustained Stone Age people ...
“The prolonged and extreme drought seems to have occurred during a particularly poor period for Roman Britain,” Andreas ...
Ancient DNA reveals that the Goths of eastern Europe, some of whom would ultimately sack the city of Rome, may have been a mix of peoples from three continents ...
Author Rachel Rooney made the mistake of speaking up for women and children’s rights in an industry dominated by rigid gender ideology ...
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It was Tuesday, October 31, 1517. On this date, Martin Luther, a German monk and theologian, nailed his Ninety-five Theses (Disputation on the Power of Indulgences) to the door of the Castle Church in ...
On March 14, 1883, Karl Marx died in London, closing the life of a thinker whose ideas helped reshape modern politics, labor movements, and debates about ...
Now a picturesque destination for tourists, Prague has been an imperial capital, a flashpoint in religious wars and the site of communist crackdowns.