Month: November 2024
The Legend of Polly Bartlett, the Murderess of Slaughterhouse Gulch
The Wild West was a lawless land. As the US settlers pushed west from the original territories of the United States towards the Pacific coast they encountered many dangers. The countryside was…
Ancient Fingerprints show that Egyptian Sculpture Was Collaborative
A new study of ancient Egyptian sculpture has taken a new approach by looking at the fingerprints left embedded in the artwork. A study of these fingerprints has revealed much about their…
The Ahhiyawa and Wilusa: Did the Hittites Know of the Trojan War?
Homer’s Iliad is one of the oldest stories which has survived. Coming out of the Greek Dark Age and describing events which occurred more than three millennia ago, it is a richly…
21 Grams, Artificial Intelligence, and the Path to Robot Suffrage
In 1901 a doctor from Massachusetts found himself facing a puzzling question. The doctor, Duncan MacDougall, wished to reconcile the two major influential factors in his life: medicine along with the science…
Intact Egyptian Tomb Found in Luxor is 4,000 Years Old
A new and unknown Egyptian tomb has been found in Luxor in Egypt. What makes this discovery so exciting is that, while most tombs are empty or partially destroyed, this one contains…
Tunic in Royal Vergina Tomb may have Belonged to Alexander the Great
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…