World History

Here are 42 facts about the machines that have smashed, shot, burned, and gone bang throughout history.

Archaeologists in Slovakia uncovered human remains inside wells and shallow graves at a Roman military camp linked to Marcus Aurelius, leaving experts searching for answers about the site’s mysterious end.

Discover how ancient humans in Ethiopia survived the Toba supereruption by fishing in shrinking river pools, adapting to drought, and creating blue highways that may have supported human migration worldwide.

Archaeologists in Malta uncovered evidence that hunter-gatherers crossed roughly 100 kilometers of open Mediterranean water 8,500 years ago, rewriting the history of ancient seafaring.

Homo sapiens existed in Africa for hundreds of thousands of years before finally spreading across the world—and scientists finally know what changed.

Genetic research suggests our human ancestors may have survived a devastating population crash 900,000 years ago coming close to extinction.

Turns out the vending machine is one of the world’s oldest forms of technology, originating all the way back in ancient Greece—but can you guess what it used to dispense?

For years, it was thought that the Toba Supereruption triggered a brutal volcanic winter and nearly drove humanity to extinction, but archaeology has now complicated that story.

The Tel Dan Stele inscription contained just a handful of surviving lines, but three words caused an immediate sensation: “House of David.”