On this day 975 years ago, the astronomy and mathematician of the Seljuk Dynasty of Persia, Omar Khayyam, was born. Most famous for calculating the solar...
When the Ancient Egyptians were still leaving offerings to Amun in their temples, a faith from more than 4,000 miles away was already turning up at...
Imagine a Classics department at a University where the historians never bothered to learn the Greek or Latin of the original texts and you’ll have some...
The Tuscan-town of Laterina is thrilled to see news that an Italian historian has determined a ruined Etruscan-Roman era bridge in their area was the backdrop...
One of Britain’s last remaining Dunkirk veterans still walks a mile every day after celebrating his 105th birthday. John Hamilton said the secret to staying young...
Lager is the world’s most popular beer, and new research shows it was invented by accident more than 400 years ago in Bavaria. The yeast that...
19 years ago, a famous fugitive was apprehended. Shrek the Sheep, a resident Merino “wether” (a castrated adult male sheep) of Bendingo Station, New Zealand, was...
Cast a net back 450 million years ago to the Ordovician Era, and you wouldn’t capture anything more than the ancestors of millipedes and worms. However,...
An art lecturer and collector from Singapore went on the journey of a lifetime to reunite World War II memorabilia with its owner after buying them...
A dusty document used on the Moon is set to go under the auctioneer’s hammer for over $500,000. The mission checklist was worn on the lunar...