The 1556 Grand Harbour of Malta Tornado capsized ships and killed 600 people
Malta’s deadliest tornado ever had occurred in September 1556, taking more than 600 lives.
Mary Patten: The trailblazing captain commanded for 56 days against all odds
In 1856 the captain of an American clipper collapsed of illness, leaving his 19-year-old wife to navigate. Mary Patten commanded for 56 days while pregnant, faced down a mutiny, and studied medicine to keep her husband alive.
The fascinating story behind Pablo Escobar’s iconic White House photograph
In 1981, how did Escobar manage to get so close to the White House without facing immediate arrest?
Ching Shih: From prostitute to history’s deadliest pirate queen
During the early 19th century, Ching Shih, a formidable pirate queen, ruled over the vast expanse of the South China Sea and engaged in battles against both Portuguese and British naval forces. She commanded an impressive fleet of 1,800 war junks manned by a staggering 80,000 pirates.
2,000-year-old iron age and Roman treasures found in Wales could point to an unknown Roman settlement
A metal detectorist stumbled upon a hoard of Roman coins and Iron Age vessels in the Welsh countryside.
The rise and fall of Babylon throughout its ancient times
One of the most powerful cities in the ancient world used to be on the bank of the Euphrates river. Why did it become so well-known, and what do we…
Mayan art – learn about the origins of Mayan paintings and sculptures
Around 1500 BCE, small towns in the countryside of Central America began to form. The Mayan civilization would be made up of these groups of people. We call the Maya…
10 most important facts about the Aztecs and their empire
The Aztecs, whose real name was Mexica, were one of the most important and well-known cultures in the Americas. During the Postclassic era, they moved to central Mexico as immigrants…
Amazing things you didn’t know about ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics!
The ancient Egyptians used a way of writing called hieroglyphics. The hieroglyphs were pictures. The hieroglyphs represented sounds in the same way that our letters represented sounds. There were more…
The Sumerian civilization and the contributions it made to the world
The Sumerian people lived in the basin of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. It included the Sumerian civilization. Sumer was the name for the area where the rivers Tigris and…
