What Happened to the Toltec Empire
What happened to the Toltec empire? Unfortunately, history defines nothing clearly about it. Around A.D. 900, the Toltec tribe migrated into the Valley of...
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...
Topkapı Dagger: Most Valuable Dagger in the World
The history of Topkapı Dagger is very interesting, which is considered the most valuable dagger in the world. All of it started to be...
The Ancient Byzantine Basilica Unearthed Under Lake Iznik
In 2014, an underwater Byzantine Basilica of Saint Neophytos was uncovered in Lake Iznik, Turkey. The basilica was built on the lakeshore, and it...
When Taj Mahal Was Concealed During World War II
If you explore history, then you must be curious as to why the Taj Mahal was concealed during World War II. The Taj Mahal...