When one thinks of the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear power plant accident in Ukraine the first thing that comes to mind is radiation. Radiation affecting and […] Read More
Author: Nick Schenk Jr
Standing on the battlefield like a timeless sentinel, Old Leanach cottage looks over the battlefield where, in 1745, the Jacobite dream of restoring the Stuarts […] Read More
Roman discoveries are always fascinating no matter what part of history you study or follow. As for archaeologists, they all have one immutable characteristic: a […] Read More
Ghost Groom: Maybe it’s because he doesn’t leave dirty socks on the bedroom floor. Or maybe it’s because her grocery bill didn’t skyrocket once he […] Read More
Giza Road: The ancient Egyptians created many wondrous things, not least of which were the pyramids. Even today archaeologists and historians debate precisely how they […] Read More
Viking Sword: In March of 2015 a landowner in Orkney, in the Northern Isles of Scotland, found a grave in a sand ridge on his […] Read More
Ajanta Caves: In the hills of Northwest India about sixty six miles from Aurangabad and thirty seven miles from Jalgaon lies a formation of caves […] Read More
Russian translator and history buff Olga Shirnina uses her historical knowledge to colorize old photos from the past. Photos from the early days of photography […] Read More
Sheila the Elephant. Plenty of animals have been made famous in the movies. Rin Tin Tin, a German Shepard who roamed from town to town, […] Read More
Kelleks: Many years ago modern people assumed that early civilizations were bumbling cavemen with little brain power. Even to this day, the ingenuity and inventiveness […] Read More
