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The Mystery of the World's Oldest Writing System Remained Unsolved Until Four Competitive Scholars Raced to Decipher It
On a late-summer day in 1856, a letter carrier stepped from a mail coach in front of a three-story townhouse in Mayfair, in ...
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Charles L. Roberts: If the world is one’s oyster – George T. Downing learned how to pry it wide open, enabling others to find a pearl
The famous saying “the world is your oyster” was originally written by Shakespeare in 1602 to be spoken as “the world’s mine oyster” by one of his swash-buckling characters in his comedy The Merry ...
How British captured Awadh from Nawab Wajid Ali Shah without war? Debauchery or cowardice? the real reason was…
Nawab Wajid Ali Shah, the 11th and last King of Awadh, was an enthusiastic patron of dance and music, but also allegedly a ...
Incredible London Underground photo shows a trial run of one of the first Tube trains with no roof
The Metropolitan Railway was the first underground railway, and a photograph taken during an inspection tour of the line ...
Celebrate Black History Month in Anderson County, 12 important historical sites to know
Black History Month Anderson locations to see, the Church Street Heritage Plaza in downtown Anderson, with storyboards and ...
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It happened today – this day in history – February 6
1899: Prince Alfred of Edinburgh, grandson of Queen Victoria, dies aged 24 in mysterious circumstances. On the same day, the ...
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Lincoln students share hopes, challenges as Black History Month returns
February marks the return of Black History Month in America. “Our local communities are home to many influential and iconic Black leaders who made and are making a difference here and beyond,” said ...