I'm the kind of historian obsessed with small details. I'm not saying that foreign policy or constitutional matters aren't important, but I enjoy the minutiae of daily life, which, when added together, can give you a complete picture of the cultural and social features of an era.
"The popular conception of the ancient Maya society is that they underwent a major collapse. Archaeological investigations at Ucanal and elsewhere, however, show that there was not a collapse everywhere and that ancient Maya peoples resiliently reworked their governing systems."
If this Roman-era cult structure can be confirmed to be dedicated to the city god Pelusius, it would be a stunning example of the presence of a temple for a deity previously attested only in Classical sources.
Maxim Samson confronts different passages or roads built by humans and their varied and rich histories to offer us a first-class journey through the most interesting, influential, and controversial paths in history.
Marsden's introduction is very lucid, setting out the development of sculpture at court; royal involvement with sculptors; displaying sculpture in galleries, state rooms, libraries and gardens; and stewardship of the collection.
The marks, which are sandwiched between towers once used to scout for armies and to allow archers and other artillery-throwers to fend off enemy incursions, are arrayed in a way that suggests they may have been left by a repeating dart-thrower called a polybolos.
For 81 years, the USS Torsk held its claim to fame as the last US Navy submarine to sink an enemy ship in combat. Then, a US Navy submarine torpedoed an Iranian warship on March 4 as part of Operation Epic Fury, sinking an enemy ship for the first time since Torsk's World War II battle in 1945.
The study offers what the researchers describe as the first systematically identified burial site in Europe associated with plague burials, revealing a large buried structure filled with disturbed sediments and fragments of human bone.
Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben, a Prussian nobleman, emigrated to the US and became a key figure in the military during the American Revolutionary War, despite facing accusations of homosexuality.
The discovery comes on the heels of other recent discoveries of Mesoamerican and colonial-era sites and artefacts during archaeological salvage work associated with planning a new 232km passenger rail line between Mexico City and Querétaro.
Extreme weather in the 1430s triggered a major economic crisis in England, leading to food shortages, livestock deaths, and widespread disruption, reshaping landholding practices.
Elizabeth Roboz Einstein's journey began on May 15, 1940, when she boarded the Conte di Savoia, an Italian steamliner, leaving behind her family in Hungary as World War II escalated. This voyage was not a luxury cruise but a desperate evacuation for many, including 600 Central European refugees fleeing the advancing German troops.
The most significant find was discovered during construction of one of the wind turbine platforms. Objects of bronze and amber were found close together, leading to the excavation of a hoard of Bronze Age jewelry dating from around 1500 to 1300 BC.
