World History

Archaeologists in Bulgaria unearthed a significant historical treasure hidden in the sewer system below an ancient city—but its discovery is not what’s making history.

The Hindenburg disaster was an infamous tragedy—but recently discovered documents reveal the untold, chilling truth about that fateful evening.

Here’s the version of ancient history we’re all used to: the climate shifts, the food supply wobbles, everyone panics, and the whole thing turns into a mess. But the story coming out of Caral, one of the oldest known civilizations in the Americas, reads very differently. When a long drought hit, the people didn’t respond with large-scale conflict or a dramatic last stand. They adjusted. They moved. They kept their cultural habits alive in new places. And they even left behind clues—art, layouts, and objects—that show how seriously they took the problem and how intentionally they dealt with it.

The untold story of the Lakota Sioux flight to Canada to avoid U.S. rule—their escape, spiritual practices, hardships, and the small group who stayed behind forever. A moving testament to Indigenous strength and defiance.

Recent research has resulted in a bold new claim about the age of the Great Pyramid of Giza.

Severe drought at Iraq’s Mosul Dam reveals 40 ancient Hellenistic-era tombs, uncovering long-submerged burial practices and hidden history beneath the reservoir.

For a long time, the world’s first recorded pandemic has been one of those historical stories that sounds obvious—until you ask the annoying question: “Okay, but what actually caused it”. People have argued about the culprit for centuries, mostly because the sixth century didn’t exactly come with lab reports. Now researchers have managed to pull a real answer out of ancient remains, which is both incredible and a little spooky in the best way.

Lots of people love the idea that their ancestry is a straight, spotless line—same place, same people, same “blood,” century after century. It’s neat. It’s tidy. It’s also not how humans work. According to DNA evidence discussed in the Harvard Gazette, the more scientists dig into ancient genetics, the more obvious it becomes: “pure bloodlines” aren’t rare or uncommon—they’re basically a fairy tale.

Archaeologists were stunned to discover fragments of rock displaying cuneiform writing in a cave in eastern Europe.

Explore the tragic deaths of Olympic swimmers David Bratton and George Van Cleaf after the 1904 St. Louis Games, where contaminated water and typhoid fever turned a historic event into a fatal cautionary tale.

A deeply researched account of Sabena Flight 548, the 1961 plane crash that killed the entire U.S. Women’s Figure Skating Team. This 27-slide feature explores the aviation disaster, its devastating impact on world figure skating, and its lasting place in Winter Olympics history.

Researchers finally established the identity of the remains found in the ancient Greek city of Ephesus.