- November 14, 2024
Fear, Friendship and the Channel Tunnel
At 8.23am on the morning of 14 November 1994, crowds cheered as the first Eurostar train carrying fare-paying passengers under the English Channel left London’s
The Death of Clive of India
In the days following the sudden death, aged 49, of Robert Clive – ‘Clive of India’ – on 22 November 1774, rumours as to how
Paracelsus: Revolutionary or Mystic? | History Today
Thanks to Joseph Goebbels, the film director Georg Wilhelm Pabst luxuriated in a massive budget for the dramatised documentary he shot in occupied Prague during
What Could Your Urine Tell a Medieval Doctor?
In modern medicine, urine samples are routinely examined in laboratories to obtain clinical information about a patient. This procedure, known as urinalysis, developed from an
Mesopotamians Made Predictions with Sheep’s Livers
Selena Wisnom/The Conversation I’m standing in a basement kitchen prodding at a sheep’s liver, looking for marks on its smooth surface. People crowd around to
The Ancient Irish Get Far Too Much Credit for Halloween
Lisa Bitel/The Conversation This time of year, I often run across articles proclaiming Halloween a modern form of the pagan Irish holiday of Samhain – pronounced SAW-en. But as
Golden Plaque Dedicated to Military Deity Jupiter Dolichenus Found in Georgia
From the Roman fort of Apsaros, archaeologists have found a small, golden votive plaque dedicated to Jupiter Dolichenus, a deity with deep roots in the
Huge Meteor Impact 3 Billion Years Ago May Have Spurred Evolution
Billions of years ago Earth was bombarded with meteorites of all sizes and shapes. Approximately 3.26 years ago, the biggest of these, which is known
Iron Age Swords Seized at Heathrow Were Fakes
Alarming information about the frequency of antiquities fraud has been revealed by a new study that shows a collection of Iranian Iron Age bronze swords
The Ballad of the Inquisition’s Greatest Witch Trial
Like all legal institutions, the Spanish Inquisition recognised that justice needed not only to be done but also to be seen to be done. Its
