Historical

When dealing with items in museum collections or newly discovered artifacts at archaeological digs, it’s easy to get excited and want a…

European history is littered with stories of executions for various reasons, and beheading was a rather prominent means of putting the condemned…

Dentistry is a modern field of medicine. While it has always existed in one form or another, it was largely unregulated in…

We all like to indulge our appetites every now and then. Maybe eat a bit more than we should. Maybe try out…

Everyone’s heard of Ghengis Khan, Adolf Hitler, Ted Bundy, and Jeffrey Epstein. But, sadly, history is filled with mass murderers, psychopaths, child…

If adventure video games and movies like Indiana Jones are accurate, there are artifacts and stashes of valuables from ancient times just…

The 18th and 19th centuries saw a growth in a whole range of clubs. Gentleman’s clubs, like White’s, flourished everywhere. Special interest…

From Ancient Egypt to the Classical era to the Renaissance and the Age of Discovery, non-heteronormativity has long been a fact of…

In 1564, Gabriello Fallopio published a study of a device he claims to have invented. Fallopio’s product consisted of linen sheaths soaked…

People tend to remember the big picture of history they learned in school: the famous generals, the important inventions, or the impossible…