Few individuals have changed the world, and fewer still manage to do so, as Alexander the Great did, before the age of 30. Ascending to the throne of Macedonia at the tender age of 20, over the next decade he carved out one of the largest empires the world has ever seen, leading his undefeated
Mexico’s Yucatan peninsula is famed for its Mayan ruins, great cities and carved pyramids which, along with the famous sites in Guatemala, formed the heartlands of this lost civilization. You may be forgiven for thinking that everything of import has been found, but it seems you would be very wrong indeed. A new study of
Much of the history of the Norse is captured in their sagas, epic poems and stories which detail these hardy people, their gods and kings, their history and their beliefs. Much would be lost were it not for these tales of battle and conquest. But these are not all historical documents, far from it. These
Pompeii, famously destroyed by the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD, is treasure trove due to its extraordinary state of preservation. One would be forgiven for thinking that everything had been found in the century modern archaeologists have spent excavating the Roman city. But this would be a mistake, as on October 24th the Pompeii
Mars has fascinated mankind for much of its history. Unusually and distinctively red even when viewed with the naked eye, it was watched as it traced its unusual path across the sky by the great lost civilizations of old. Both the ancient Egyptians and ancient Chinese have records of Mars in their astronomical notes. The
The Tasmanian Tiger is one of the most famous extinct animals. Also known as the thylacine, it survived well into the modern era and we even have film footage of a living example. Sadly this footage was of the last tiger, which died in captivity on the 7th September 1936 in Hobart Zoo on the