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Exploration Mysteries: The Treasure of Lima September 14, 2024
In 1820, a valuable cargo was en route to Mexico. Along the way, the treasure was stolen and buried somewhere in the jungle, it remains there to this day....
Explore: The History of Azerbaijan September 11, 2024
The history of Azerbaijan, a region defined by its geographical boundaries with the Caucasus Mountains, the Caspian Sea, the...
The Roanoke Colony: Unsolved Historical Enigma and Lost American Settlement September 10, 2024
"Explore the enigmatic and unsolved mystery of the Roanoke Colony, one of America's oldest and most intriguing historical puzzles. Established in 1587 on Roanoke Island, this early English settlement vanished without a trace, leaving behind only cryp...
How Does Japan Remember Hiroshima and Nagasaki? September 10, 2024
Explore some of the ways Japan marks the anniversary of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, including the Hiroshima and Nagasaki Peace Memorials...
Unraveling The Mysteries of The Ancient World September 09, 2024
Spencer Klavan is an associate editor at the Claremont Institute, host of the Young Heretics podcast, and a scholar of ancient Greece. His astute political commentary ranges from critiques of the modern Left to philosophical explorations of the ancie...
7 Ships and Tools Used in the Age of Exploration September 06, 2024
Sleek ships and navigational tools aided European sailors between the 15th and 17th centuries....
Explore: The History of Albania September 04, 2024
Classical antiquity in Albania was marked by the presence of several Illyrian tribes such as the Albanoi, Ardiaei, and Taulantii, alongside...
5 Unsolved Shipwreck Mysteries September 03, 2024
Video exploring 5 mysterious shipwrecks in history...
Explore WWII: Invasion of France and the Low Countries September 03, 2024
Invasion of France and the Low Countries...
The Civil War’s Miracle Drugs September 03, 2024
Uncover the fascinating history of medicine during the Civil War. Explore the miraculous drugs and treatments that revolutionized healthcare....
'Appalachian' — How Do You Say It? September 02, 2024
August 29, 2024 At Appalachian State University, Mountaineers have a preference in the pronunciation of Appalachian: “appa-latch-un.” According to the online Merriam-Webster Dictionary and several others, both “appa-latch-un" and “appa-lay-shun,” an ...
A Hospital Steward's Civil War Story September 02, 2024
Explore the heroic role of a Civil War hospital steward aboard the Iberville in this entry by James Kendall Hosmer....
Though Social Now, 'Greek Life' Has Roots in Academia December 06, 2022
This account of the history of fraternties and sororities traces the beginnings of the organizations that have come today to be known as Fraternities and Sororities. This history was compiled from Baird's 20th Edition, Manual of American College Frat...
Was This Man the Real Indiana Jones? December 06, 2022
American explorer, adventurer and naturalist Roy Chapman Andrews (1884-1960) is best remembered for a series of dramatic exhibitions to previously unexplored areas of Mongolia from 1922 to 1930, during which time he discovered the first nest of dinos...
How Delaware Became the 'First State' December 05, 2022
Delaware's history is a long and proud one. Early explorations of our coastline were made by the Spaniards and Portuguese in the sixteenth century, by Henry Hudson in 1609 under the auspices of the Dutch, by Samuel Argall in 1610, by Cornelius M...
Zebulon Failed to Scale Peak, But Won a Big Battle April 27, 2021
“Nothing that Zebulon Montgomery Pike ever tried to do was easy, and most of his luck wasbad.” Thus Donald Jackson began his forward to the annotated edition of Pike’s journals and letters in 1966. A pathfinder who got lost, Pike could have been as r...
The Difficult Road to the Moon April 26, 2021
In recent years we have witnessed renewed interest in missions to the Moon. In addition to the United States and Russia, who dominated the exploration of the Moon during the first two decades of the Space Age, there are now many new players in the ga...
Death of Ferdinand Magellan April 26, 2021
Born in Portugal, Ferdinand Magellan took part in a number of Portuguese expeditions exploring and conquering the East Indies during the early 1500s. By 1517, however, he found himself out of favor with King Emanuel and shifted his allegiance to King...
Ex-Special Ops Chief on What a Hero Is April 19, 2021
William McRaven, a former head of U.S. Special Operations Command, in a new book describes the “most gut-wrenching tragedy” he faced during his military career and the important lesson he learned from it.“The Hero Code: Lessons Learned from Lives Wel...
Ancient Alphabetic Script Fills Historic Gap April 15, 2021
A team of Austrian and Israeli archaeologists working the fertile ground of the famed Tel Lachish site in central Israel made a discovery that has altered existing theories about how the first alphabetic script was transmitted from ancient Egypt to o...
Vimy Ridge: Canada's Finest Battlefield Hour April 12, 2021
The victory at Vimy Ridge remains Canada's most celebrated attack of the war.On Easter Monday, 1917, the Canadian Corps captured one of the most dominating geographic features on the Western Front. Two Canadians in particular, along with British Gene...
What Did Lewis and Clark Take on Expedition? April 07, 2021
Once he was named by President Thomas Jefferson to head the Corps of Discovery, Meriwether Lewis began preparations for the long trip ahead. Much of that preparation involved education; in the months prior to his departure, Lewis would learn astronom...
Meet Man Who Was Almost 1st to Reach North Pole April 06, 2021
Robert Edwin Peary, called "one of the greatest of all explorers," claimed to have been the first person to reach the North Pole on April 6, 1909. But from the moment his achievement was announced to the world, Peary was mired in a controversy that o...
Exploring Britain's Monarchy, Politics Before WW I April 06, 2021
dense narrative account of Great Britain’s social and political conflicts in the decades before World War I.“Swagger was the predominant style of the period,” asserts journalist and popular historian Heffer in his first book to be published in the U....
Exploring Explorers' Obsession With North Pole January 27, 2020
The phrase “on top of the world” carries ebullience and enthusiasm, as if nothing could be better than standing at 90° north latitude. In reality, Earth’s remote North Pole is frigid and barren, an inhospitable region of ice and snow. Finding this la...
