People in many different parts of the world have used large animal shin bones and jaws of animals such as mammoths, bison, elk, and whales to construct shelters
James Fenimore Cooper (1789-1851), American novelist best known for The Last of the Mohicans (1826), grew up in Cooperstown, a town that his father, a merchant and land speculator turned wealthy landowner and politician, had founded several years after the American Revolutionary War on land expropr
The Battle of Salamis is considered one of the most important in the history of Western culture. Indeed, both the battle of Salamis and the subsequent one at Plataea marked a turning point in the Persian Wars. After them, the Persian empire never again tried to conquer Hellas. A Persian victory at
Passionate about techniques, physics, mathematics and innovations in all fields, the Emperor - whose death is commemorated on May 5, 2021 - will grant a special place to scholars throughout his reign. Physicist Alessandro Volta presented his electric battery to Napoleon in 1801. This article is f
Between the 19th and 20th centuries, four curious objects similar to large conical hats were found in southern Germany and France. They are made of thin sheets of gold and the researchers believe that they may be a kind of calendars. They all appear to have been deliberately and carefully buried nea