Adelaide Phillipps 1833-1882
Adelaide Phillipps was a Contralto singer, born in Stratford-on-Avon. The family moved to Canada, and hence to Boston, when Adelaide was seven years old....
Rediscovering the Rich Cultural Heritage of the Slavey Tribe
This blog post rediscovers the rich cultural heritage of the slavey tribe. The Slavey, pronounced SLAY-vee, or Slave, was a tribe among Athapascan-speaking peoples...
The Mysterious Tarim Mummies Buried in a Boats in Chinese Desert
DNA reveals the unexpected origins of mysterious Tarim mummies buried in a boat in a Chinese desert. Hundreds of mummified bodies dating back approximately...
The Terrifying Discovery of Mount Owen Claw
The terrifying discovery of the Mount Owen Claw perplexed archaeologists for several decades. In 1986, a group of archaeologists were conducting an excursion inside...
The Modoc War 1872
From 1872 to 1873, the Modoc War, also known as the Lava Beds War, occurred in northeastern California and southeastern Oregon between the Modoc...
The Great Hayward Earthquake of 1868
The morning of October 21, 1868, dawned clear with a temperature of fifty-nine degrees in downtown San Francisco. At 7:53 am, a 7.0-magnitude quake...
The Squirrel Cage Jeep
The Marines have built a squirrel cage jeep to help them navigate swamps, potholes, bogs, soft beaches, and dense underbrush. It is a continuous...
The Unbelievable Chinchorro Mummification Culture
The Chinchorro Mummification Culture: A long-buried corpse (about 5020 BC), preserved in the Atacama Desert of Chile, one of the driest places on Earth,...
James Holman – A British Blind Traveler
Travel and exploration history have been enriched by the contributions of James Holman. A mysterious illness caused James Holman to lose his eyesight in...
Minoan Highway of Southern Crete, Greece
The Minoan Highway was discovered in southern Crete, Greece. Excavations revealed a significant road that is thought to have linked the southern harbor of...