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The Huns, Georges Rochegrosse, 1910. Source: Georges Rochegrosse / Public Domain.

The Origin of the Huns: Revealing the Truth Behind a Legend

All That History February 26, 2025

The Huns, according to ancient sources, came out of nowhere. But then, these ancient sources...

The four east Asian homo species in the reclassification and their locations. Homo juluensis on the left is new. Source: C Bae and X Wu; Nature Communications.

Homo Juluensis: “Bigheads” Join the Growing List of Proto-Humans

All That History December 3, 2024

Something new in the field of paleoanthropology: researchers have discovered a new species of human....

Header Image: The North Face of Everest. The route, in green, that Mallory and Irvine would have taken to reach the top of Everest. The question mark notes the second step which is believed by many to have defeated them. Marker No. 1 is where Mallory’s body was found in 1999. Source: Luca Galuzzi / CC BY-SA 2.5. Insert: Andrew Irvine (1902-1924) during his college years at Merton (Oxford) (public domain)

Mallory’s Mystery Solved? Remains of Sandy Irvine found on Everest

All That History October 11, 2024

On 29 May 1953 Mount Everest was officially summited for the first time. The climbers,...