History What is the ‘Eye of Horus’ from ancient Egypt? by oqtey April 23, 2025 by oqtey April 23, 2025 The “Eye of Horus,” a depiction of a single stylized eye looking straight ahead, is … 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail
History Singer, dancer, Nazi-fighter: how Josephine Baker became a WW2 heroine by oqtey April 23, 2025 by oqtey April 23, 2025 Inauspicious beginnings This remarkable story began in St Louis, Missouri in 1906, with the birth … 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail
History Cancer: Facts about the diseases that cause out-of-control cell growth by oqtey April 23, 2025 by oqtey April 23, 2025 Quick facts about cancer Causes: Genetics, environmental exposures, aging, modifiable lifestyle factors Types: More than … 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail
History How Risky Were JFK’s Extramarital Affairs? And How Many Did He Have? by oqtey April 23, 2025 by oqtey April 23, 2025 Historian Mark White spoke on the HistoryExtra podcast about grappling with conflicting pictures of Kennedy … 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail
History Lion mauled gladiator to death 1,800 years ago in Roman Britain, controversial study suggests by oqtey April 23, 2025 by oqtey April 23, 2025 Bite marks on a 1,800-year-old skeleton from Roman Britain suggest that a gladiator was mauled … 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail
History The great siege of Malta: Knights Hospitaller vs the Ottoman empire by oqtey April 23, 2025 by oqtey April 23, 2025 In the summer of 1565, the might of the Ottoman empire faced off against a … 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail
History How to Destroy Your Economy: The Case of Alfonso the Learned by oqtey April 23, 2025 by oqtey April 23, 2025 Alfonso X of Castile, better known as el Sabio or “the Learned,” has long been … 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail
History NASA’s Lucy spacecraft snaps peanut-shaped asteroid on solar system origins mission by oqtey April 23, 2025 by oqtey April 23, 2025 NASA’s Lucy spacecraft has captured its first high-resolution images of an asteroid, revealing a bizarrely … 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail
History 23 April: On this day in history by oqtey April 23, 2025 by oqtey April 23, 2025 23 April 1343 On St George’s night, the Estonian people rise up against their Danish … 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail
History Extreme ‘zombie star’ capable of ripping human atoms apart is shooting through the Milky Way — and nobody knows where it came from by oqtey April 23, 2025 by oqtey April 23, 2025 Astronomers have spotted an immensely powerful “zombie star” shooting through the Milky Way at more … 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail