Discover Caudipteryx, the peacock-like dinosaur that roamed the lands of Asia 125 million years ago (Image credit: Christophe Hendrickx) In a time when dinosaurs inhabited the Earth, some colossal creatures towered at nearly 20 metres tall...
Many ancient civilisations’ solutions to toothache could be truly stomach-churning
75 years ago, the Allies clinched a dramatic and destructive victory in Japan (Image source: Pixabay) World War II raged from 1939–1945, leaving millions dead in its wake. It consumed the world in gunfire...
Fleas, rats and puss-filled boils – find out how the bubonic plague killed millions Image source: Wiki comms/Public Domain History has seen many pandemics, but the bubonic plague, better known as the Black Death,...
Classrooms in the late 1800s were very different from today: here are a few ways you could have avoided the dreaded cane (Image source: Pixabay) Address the teachers properly School teachers in Victorian times...
What it lacked in weaponry the Paraceratherium made up for in sheer size (Image credit: Tim Bertelink) Appearing over the horizon or emerging from a patch of trees, Paraceratherium would be an intimidating and...
Forged by nature and steeped in tradition, the didgeridoo is a triumphant symbol of Indigenous Australian culture (Image source: Pixabay) If there is one musical instrument that instantly evokes an image of a country,...
Nazi Germany’s ultimate heavy panzer was designed to strike a decisive blow for the Third Reich The Panzerkampfwagen VI, more commonly known as the Tiger I, was developed in the early 1940s with the...
Trajan’s Market is one of the first known shopping malls Image Credit: Getty Images Silks, spices, meat – the Romans could buy all this and more from Trajan’s Market. This multi-storey, semi-circular complex of...
While only specialists are trusted to carve these mighty sculptures, it takes a village to raise them (Image source: Pixabay) Totem poles are one of the most iconic examples of Native American art. They’re...
