The world’s first multinational company was also the first to be listed on a stock exchange. Of course, there’s a bit of a ...

Many people are eagerly watching the calendar, awaiting the arrival of Black Friday on November to take advantage of tempting ...

This Hubble Space Telescope image captures a triple-star system, which can host potentially-habitable planets. Our nearest ...

For the first time in history, scientists have found amber fragments in Antarctica, thus closing one of the few remaining ...

Located at 3,130 meters above sea level at the summit of Mount Chaberton in the Cerces Massif of the French Alps, the ...

At a time when the passage of time was dictated by the movement of the sun and the seasons, the introduction of “clock time” ...

In a context marked by water scarcity and collective despair, the mass offering of children sacrificed to the god of rain, ...

At midnight on June 11, 1940, Italy declared war on France. This was something that had been anticipated for some time, despite a certain level of German discontent (Hitler saw the transalpine country ...

The characteristic minaret of the Great Mosque of Samarra, the city where the Zanj Rebellion broke out. Credit: Taisir Mahdi / Wikimedia Commons Specifically, Arab traders settled in the region, ...

The last human sacrifices carried out in Rome—beyond considering the ludi gladiatorii as an acceptable adaptation of the concept—took place in 216 BC. It was during a colossal catastrophe that shook ...

Those who enjoy the history of the Roman Empire are well acquainted with the story of Antinous, the young man of extraordinary beauty who deeply captivated Emperor Hadrian. Not only did Hadrian love ...

Since May 2024, the State Office for Monument Conservation and Archaeology (LDA) of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, has been conducting archaeological excavations at the Hermes Fulfilment GmbH distribution ...