‘After the Flying Saucers Came’, ‘Think to New Worlds’ and ‘How to Think Impossibly’ review
In June 1947 Kenneth Arnold was flying a small plane over Mount Rainier in Washington when nine bright objects began tracking him at high speed.
The Roman Catholic War on Wigs
A rather unusual petition from October 1716 is tucked away in the pope’s diocesan archives in the basilica of San Giovanni in Rome: Antonio Piervenanzi,
Free French Bombers Over France
During the Second World War the Allies waged a bombing campaign over occupied France that cost the lives of more than 57,000 civilians. As the
Aliens and the Enlightenment | History Today
For millennia everybody knew that human beings enjoy a privileged, unique position at the centre of the universe. That self-confidence began to crack after Nicolaus
The Centurion: Backbone of the Roman Army (Video)
The centurion played a crucial role in the success of the Roman army, serving as the backbone of both military operations and broader Roman society.
Constantine XI And The Final Days Of The Byzantine Empire (Video)
Constantine XI Palaiologos, the last Byzantine emperor, was born on February 8, 1405, into a dynasty struggling to maintain control over a crumbling empire. By
Saving Southeast Asia’s Sunken Warships
Some 2,000 war and merchant ships were sunk in the waters of Southeast Asia during the Second World War, constituting around ten per cent of
An Ottoman Winter in Toulon
The Franco-Ottoman alliance, formed in the 1530s between the king of France, François I, and the Turkish ruler of the Ottoman Empire, Kanuni Sultan Süleiman
How the South Became Republican
On the evening of 1 August 1952 General Dwight D.Eisenhower, the newly nominated Republican presidential nominee, met with his advisers at the Brown Palace Hotel
Phantom Time Thesis: Are The Middle Ages Just A Lie? (Video)
The Phantom Time Thesis suggests that nearly three centuries of medieval history—from 614 to 911 AD—never actually occurred. This theory, proposed by German publisher Heribert