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Artist freed from marble block after 19 days
VIDEO Dec 1, 2017Belgian artist Mikes Poppe chained himself to the marble to highlight the 'inescapable burden of history'.
First recorded eclipse was 3,000 years ago
Oct 30, 2017Researchers have been able to trace the first ever recorded solar eclipse back to the time of the pharaohs.
9.7 million-year-old hominin teeth discovered
Oct 20, 2017The surprising find has the potential to completely rewrite everything we know of early human history.
Saudi Arabian textbook shows Yoda at the UN
Sep 23, 2017A doctored image of Yoda at the United Nations has somehow ended up in a history textbook.
Is the Voynich Manuscript a health manual ?
Sep 10, 2017A history researcher believes that he may have finally solved the mystery of the medieval manuscript.
Britain's best UFO invasion hoax turns 50
Sep 7, 2017Back in 1967, a group of students managed to pull off one of the most convincing UFO hoaxes in history.
Today marks 48 years since first Moon landing
VIDEO Jul 20, 2017Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong made history when they set foot on the lunar surface 48 years ago today.
Australia find 'rewrites the history books'
Jul 20, 2017Archaeologists now believe that Australia was colonized 18,000 years earlier than previously thought.
Monster-sized iceberg splits from Antarctica
VIDEO Jul 12, 2017One of the largest icebergs in recorded history has broken away from the world's southernmost continent.
Europe, not Africa, was birthplace of mankind
May 23, 2017A remarkable new palaeontological discovery in Europe could rewrite the history of human evolution.
Japanese scientists to drill in to the mantle
Apr 9, 2017The aim will be to drill all the way down through the Earth's crust for the first time in history.
World's oldest plant fossil discovered
Mar 14, 2017The groundbreaking find pushes back the evolution of complex life forms by another 400 million years.
New discovery rewrites the history of Mars
Mar 6, 2017Scientists have revealed that Mars was much wetter and therefore more habitable than previously thought.
Scans unveil secret room in Coughton Court
Jan 29, 2017A secretive 'priest hole' in an English Tudor mansion has been tied to the infamous 'Gunpowder Plot'.
Mars rover hits mineral deposit 'jackpot'
Dec 31, 2016Curiosity has discovered minerals from over several million years of the Red Planet's geological history.
Did megalodon teeth inspire monster myths ?
Dec 15, 2016The teeth of the largest shark in history may have influenced portrayals of a mythological sea monster.
Mystery surrounds object found in Romania
Oct 21, 2016A strange aluminium object unearthed in Romania in 1973 is thought to date back up to 250,000 years.
British pub demands return of stolen ghost
VIDEO Sep 8, 2016The owners of a historic pub in England have written to a Chinese artist who allegedly stole their ghost.
Was infamous pirate Blackbeard a good guy ?
Aug 26, 2016New research has determined that Blackbeard wasn't quite as bloodthirsty as history would suggest.
July was hottest month in recorded history
Aug 16, 2016New data revealed by NASA has shown that global temperatures have been reaching record levels this year.
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