Recently the papers have been filled with news about a creature brought back to life out of ancient history. The “Dire Wolf” was an enormous canine carnivore found in the Americas from about 125,000 years ago, dying out only 10,000 years before the present day. Firstly, let’s get some misapprehensions about this ancient creature out
Boston’s Old North Church, in the heart of the city and standing for three centuries, is among Boston’s most famous landmarks and a true piece of history. Build in 1723, it is the oldest standing church building in Boston and is a National Historic Landmark. The church is perhaps most famous for its association with
At the end of 2024 there was a rash of sightings of purported UFOs in the United States. Social media filled up with blurry footage (and it is, of course, always blurry footage) or strange lights in the sky. For the main this footage is easy to pick apart. Aside from anything else a lot
We know a great deal about the lost civilization of Llhuros. You may not have heard of this Iron Age kingdom, but far from being obscure and forgotten it is among the better attested cultures of Asia Minor. Situated in what is now Turkey, Llhuros was a neighbor of the more famous kingdom of Lydia
Benjamin Franklin is a figure of historic importance. He is what used to be called a “man of letters” and a polymath, but this only goes so far in explaining how important he was during his life, and how important he remains after his death. Franklin is a founding father of the United States, for
A new study has revealed that the cooperative bond between humans and canines in the Americas may date back as far as the Late Pleistocene, some 12,000 years ago. This pushes back the evidence of our first interspecies interactions by some two millennia. The study, led by Dr. François Lanoë from the University of Arizona’s