One of the most glorious sites in France is the Les Invalides, a complex of buildings featuring a hospital, museum, and mausoleum where the spirits of soldiers and the turbulent past of France make this site a memorable...

A new set of tombs have been found near the great pyramids of Egypt, belonging to the workers who built the pyramids 4,000 years ago. The discovery points away from the idea that the monuments were built by slaves. Inste...

The Egyptians had the Book of the Dead to expr...  ...ever, there are guardians watching over the land. History comes alive in these hand carved figurines, telli...

Find hundreds of ads going up to a couple hundred years back with the Vintage Ad Browser. I spent a lot of time looking around, but kept coming back to this perfume ad from 1890. The picture has nothing to do with th...

Jeff Kisseloff interviewed grocer Harry Dubin about an article written about him in 1947, but then found something much more interesting about Dubin. I picked up the album and opened it, and my eyes nearly jumped out of...

All that most of us know about a sling is that Dav...  ...y found in modern weaponry. Slinging.org has the history of the sling, information on different kinds of s...

Archaeology magazine has eight stories of archaeol...  ...chaeological hoaxes that made the news throughout history , with bonus links to their earlier articles about...

The cookies we all know and love started out as a...  ...tp://www.baconbabble.com/index.php/2009/12/15/the- history -of-the-chocolate-chip-cookie/ -via the Presurfer

Infographics are not new, they are just easier...  ...ictured is the Tableau De L'Histoire Universelle ( History of the Universe Chart). This is a fold-out print...  ...This is a fold-out print depicting all of human history from the time of creation (4693 BC = Adam & E...  ...e world's population -- which...

Some scientists say that bowling has existed since...  ...d star Chaz Dennis who was the youngest person in history to bowl a perfect game. SourceControversy With 1...