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No Carols, No Feasts: The Year England Canceled Christmas
No Carols, No Feasts: The Year England Canceled Christmas
For 17 years in the 17th century, England’s ban on Christmas sparked nationwide unrest.
Prateek Dasgupta
Dec 6
First Known Cave Pearls to Contain Archaeological Artifacts Discovered in Jerusalem
First Known Cave Pearls to Contain Archaeological Artifacts Discovered in Jerusalem
Fifty cave pearls in an artificial spring tunnel near Jerusalem are the first known case of such formations containing man-made artifacts.
Sandee Oster
Dec 7
When Neanderthals Collected Fossils
When Neanderthals Collected Fossils
A Recent Study Reveals How Neanderthals Were Among The First Systematic Fossil Collectors
Sandee Oster
Dec 4
When Australia Turned Its Back On the White Australia Policy
When Australia Turned Its Back On the White Australia Policy
Although it took seventy years
Sara Relli
Dec 3
Iceman Ötzi’s Medical Records Are Similar to a Modern Person
Iceman Ötzi’s Medical Records Are Similar to a Modern Person
Ancient humans suffered from the same diseases as us
Prateek Dasgupta
Nov 28
Esquimaux Have 100 Words for Snow?
Esquimaux Have 100 Words for Snow?
Conjugating the arctic.
Mike Howard
Nov 27
The Story of Human Flight
The Story of Human Flight
Flying with the Wright Brothers and Other Early Aviation Pioneers
Jon Hunner in Driven by the Past
Dec 5
The Holocaust of Bullets in Ukraine
The Holocaust of Bullets in Ukraine
With History focused on the death camps, we don’t study enough about what happened in the Soviet Occupied Territories
Oksana Kukurudza's Sunflowers Rarely Break
Nov 13
The Making of Assam Tea
The Making of Assam Tea
How British botany, Chinese expertise, and Indian labor combined to set up India’s first tea estates
Rituparna
Nov 5
The Pueblo Revolt of 1680
The Pueblo Revolt of 1680
The First American Revolution
Jon Hunner in Driven by the Past
Nov 2
How Toys Helped the Inuit Survive the Little Ice Age
How Toys Helped the Inuit Survive the Little Ice Age
A new study shows that diverse toy collections helped Inuit children adapt to harsh climate change while Norse children’s limited toys…
Sandee Oster
Nov 26
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