1+ min ago  (454+ words) From mental health, exercise and food and drink to the benefits of the great outdoors, medieval people shared many of the same preoccupations we do today. Historian Katherine Harvey reveals more HYGIENE Despite the stereotypes, medieval people were interested in…...

7+ min ago  (134+ words) I used to find history so boring. But then, as I got older, I found it more and more interesting. And I thought, oh snap" Maybe it's because as I get older, I become part of history more? Anyway, as…...

6+ min ago  (740+ words) The seeds of the Antebellum'period in the United States were planted many years before the Civil War would tear the country apart.' "Political, economic and cultural differences generated deep political divisions among the newly created United States, evidenced by four…...

3+ hour, 23+ min ago  (330+ words) Bundesarchiv Bild 101 I 164 0389 23 A, Athen, Hissen der Hakenkreuzflagge As Nazi forces swept across Greece in April 1941, museum officials, archaeologists and conservators launched one of the most remarkable cultural preservation efforts of World War II. With German troops advancing toward Athens, staff…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (532+ words) A "swanky little" 9th Century Anglo-Saxon belt strap end is the star find of an excavation on the outskirts of a market town, say archaeologists. The discovery was made in 2024 at Halesworth, Suffolk, alongside the remains of Saxon burials and at…...

1+ day, 8+ hour ago  (409+ words) Kitty Ross, the Leeds Museums and Galleries" curator of social history, at the Abbey House Museum The Victorian era ended more than a century ago, but there is one spot in Leeds where you can experience the time period for…...

2+ hour, 57+ min ago  (34+ words) PAPER TRAILS: Flea market find is historical treasure trove for Central Arkansas Library System employee Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette PAPER TRAILS: Flea market find is historical treasure trove for Central Arkansas Library System employee...

4+ hour, 2+ min ago  (249+ words) The enduring legacy of Magna Graecia was celebrated in spectacular fashion in southern Italy this month, as the ancient Greek heritage of the region took centre stage during the Return of Persephone festival in Taranto. Held on May 24, the event…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago  (323+ words) PORT CLINTON " Johnson's Island resident, Dennis Kennedy, will be the Catawba Island Historical Society's spring speaker on May 13. His presentation will detail the background of Marblehead Lighthouse, the oldest continuously operating nautical beacon on the Great Lakes. It will begin…...

4+ hour, 7+ min ago  (326+ words) Go For Broke National Education Center is celebrating the 27th anniversary of the landmark Go For Broke Monument with a virtual tribute program on Sunday, June 7. The program will be shown on GFBNEC's You Tube channel at 2 p. m. and features 103-year-old Japanese…...