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5 house plants believed to protect homes, attract luck and promote well-beingAncient cultures revered specific plants for their protective, healing, and spiritual powers, believing they could attract prosperity and w...- Humans never left these mountains for 10,000 years, and scientists finally proved itResearchers have uncovered a surprising human story in the high Pyrenees mountains. New evidence shows people lived in these areas for over...
- The famous chalk giant fooled historians for centuries and the real answer changes everythingNew research has revealed the Cerne Abbas Giant, a massive hillside carving in England, dates to the early Middle Ages (700-1100 CE), not p...
- In 2000, a man walking his dog in Norfolk beaches found a strange stone tool that rewrote what scientists knew about Britain’s ancient historyA chance beach discovery in Norfolk, UK, has rewritten early human history in northern Europe. A worked flint tool, found in 2000, revealed...
- A 4-year-old’s “toy treasure hunt” ended with the discovery of a real medieval gold pendantA young boy named James Hyatt made a remarkable discovery in 2009. While metal detecting with his father in Hockley, Essex, he unearthed a ...
- Golden Horde: Unknown facet of Eurasian historyKazakhstan recently held an influential international conference dedicated to the Golden Horde, where President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev calle...
- English literature's 'first-ever poem' hidden in lost medieval book in Rome revealed and it was composed by agricultural workerComposed in Old English by a Northumbrian agricultural worker in the 7th century, "Caedmon’s Hymn" appears within some copies of the “Eccle...
- A medieval book in Rome has been hiding the oldest English poemA medieval book in a Roman library revealed a remarkable find. Researchers uncovered the oldest known English poem, 'Caedmon's Hymn'. This ...
- The world’s oldest known star map was hidden beneath reused book pages for centuries before scientists finally recovered itScientists have uncovered ancient astronomical texts hidden beneath medieval writings. Using advanced X-ray technology, researchers found f...
- Why This Quiet Patch of Grass in Canada Is Rewriting the Columbus StoryA significant Norse settlement at L'Anse aux Meadows in Newfoundland has been precisely dated to AD 1021. This discovery, confirmed by radi...
- What is this viral claim about medieval European women 'poisoning' their husbands daily? History behind internet’s dark discussionA viral story claims medieval European women poisoned husbands daily, giving an antidote at night. Historians say this practice never happe...
- Total War: Medieval 3 confirmed after 19 years; when will Creative Assembly’s medieval sandbox finally launch?Total War: Medieval 3: Creative Assembly has revealed Total War: Medieval 3. This strategy game returns to Europe after almost twenty years...
- New children's anthologies narrate tales about Indian royals, battlefields, mythologyThe books are written by authors Indira Ananthakrishnan & Sudha Madhavan.
- Remove 'unhistorical' references from school books: House PanelA Parliamentary panel has called in the education ministry over three critical issues flagged by various members of Parliament, including t...
- German scientists decode Stone Age hepatitis B virusL0ondon, May 12 (IANS) Scientists have recovered oldest viral genomes of hepatitis B virus (HBV) and found that the deadly virus has been c...
- Quedlinburg: A German town holds on to its medieval charm with its castles and cathedralsLocated on a fertile plain just north of the Harz mountains, with fantastic vistas all around it, Quedlinburg has an interesting history.
- Digging up history of Tipu Sultan and other monarchs a bad ideaIn the simplistic binary narratives anyone who was speaking a different language, wearing a different dress and professing a different fait...
- Do stars foretell?The poet A K Ramanujan once said he was troubled by the lack of consistency in his father for “holding together in one brain both astronomy...
- Indian Muslims are unique communityThe distinctiveness of Indian Muslims is asserting itself again.
- Indian Muslims are unique communityThis highlights the distinctiveness of Indian Muslims which has evolved through centuries of Indian history.
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