Civilizations / History

Reporter J. Bernard Hutton and photographer Joachim Brandt were working for a German newspaper, the year was 1932. The 2 men were sent to the Hamburg...

The atrocities committed by the Japanese Military during WWII are well-known. Torture and the killing of POWs was commonplace and violated all rules of modern warfare. One...

In 1926, Professor A. W. Bickerton declared the concept of shooting at the moon to be foolish and impossible. In 1935, the noted astronomer F. R. Moulton...

In many ways it appears that we are recreating history but just in a much more modern society. We have marveled at the achievements of ancient man....

Although the phenomenon of serial murder is popularly regarded as a modern one, it can be traced back in history with a limited degree of accuracy. Liu...

By Anthony North Did Atlantis exist, or was it merely a fantasy conjured up by Plato, and kept alive through wishful thinking over the centuries? If it...

It is somewhat difficult and a bit troubling for some to live in a world where science can explain just about anything thrown at it. Science has...

The ancient flood that some scientists think gave rise to the Noah story may not have been quite so biblical in proportion, a new study says. Researchers...

At first glance, the large circular room in the basement of Wewelsburg Castle appears to be harmless enough. Smooth, finely cut stones pave the floor. Glistening rock...

Some stories indicate the Hanging Gardens towered hundreds of feet into the air, but archaeological explorations indicate a more modest, but still impressive, height... The ancient city...