Did an Ancient Persian Queen Suffer From Breast Cancer?
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 23, 2022
In Histories , written in the 5th century BC, the Greek historian Herodotus tells the story of Atossa, the queen of Persia, who was struck b...
What the Megaliths of Jharkhand Reveal About Tribal India
Anonymous
Mar 23, 2022
In 2016, a cluster of over 300 megaliths were discovered under a maze of shrubs and garbage near Ranchi. The tombstones of Yamuna Nagar had ...
Joice Heth: The Hoax That Launched P.T. Barnum as a Showman
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 22, 2022
Phineas Taylor Barnum, the “greatest showman” on earth was still making a modest living as the owner of a grocery store in 1835 when his pat...
The Whipping Tom of 1681
Anonymous
Mar 22, 2022
The streets of London have witnessed some of the strangest men come and go over the years. From commoners like Theodore Hook, who halted the...
The Mystery of The Campden Wonder
Anonymous
Mar 21, 2022
The year was 1660. In south west England’s Gloucestershire sat a small town called Chipping Campden—a single street rotting under soot and l...
How Dusko Popov Inspired James Bond
Anonymous
Mar 19, 2022
In Into the Lion's Mouth: The True Story of Dusko Popov , author Larry Loftis calls Dusko Popov a showman. He's the stuff of movies,...
Henry Ford’s Soybean Car
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 16, 2022
You might blame Henry Ford and his hugely popular T-model for sparking our insatiable passion for cars and the environmental degradation it ...
The Lying Stones of Adam Beringer
Anonymous
Mar 15, 2022
Fossils prove the existence of life at its peak, but in Dr Adam Beringer’s case, they wrote nothing but demise. Almost 300 years ago, he dis...
Jenny: The Orangutan That Helped Darwin Evolve His Theory
Anonymous
Mar 14, 2022
If you visit the Darwin Archive at Cambridge University Library (DAR 191) today, you will find notes on orangutans recorded by Charles Darwi...
Treaty of Kadesh: The World’s First Peace Treaty
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 10, 2022
On the walls of the Temple of Karnak near Luxor, Egypt, and on the temple of Pharaoh Ramesses II in Thebes, are engravings that describe a g...
