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07/12/2023

Ancient Egypt's sacred baboons had tough lives, study suggests

Ancient baboon mummies show signs of poor diet and lack of sunlight during captivity.

06/12/2023

Byzantine gold coin with 'face of Jesus' unearthed by metal detectorist in Norway

A metal detectorist stumbled upon a rare gold coin while exploring the mountains in southern Norway.

06/12/2023

'Curse tablet' with oldest Hebrew name of god is actually a fishing weight, experts argue

Researchers say they see no sign of an inscription on a tablet previously thought to contain the Hebrew name for the god Yahweh.

05/12/2023

7 extraordinary African kingdoms from ancient times to centuries ago

There's much more to ancient Africa than Egypt.

01/12/2023

1,400-year-old structure discovered near Sutton Hoo in England may have been a pagan temple or cult house

The site is part of a royal compound that archaeologists think may have been overseen by King Raedwald.

01/12/2023

Possible Arctic graveyard may be northernmost Stone Age cemetery — but there are no human remains to prove it

Archaeologists in Finland have identified a 6,500-year-old site as potential cemetery with 200 graves.

30/11/2023

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30/11/2023

All About History 137 is available now!
Uncover the origins of Santa and how he went from Saint Nicholas to Father Christmas in the latest All About History. What are some of the stories about Santa from around the world? How did his story evolve and pick up pieces of lore along the way? Who are some of his strangest sidekicks? Is the Coca-Cola story true? You can get the answers to all of these questions in the issue. Plus, why Lucrezia Borgia was called the Poison Princess, great gifts of history rated, the incredible life of abolitionist William Still, WWII home front heroes, the hunt for the abominable snowman, uncovering the Phoenicians and much more. Use the links below to grab yourself a copy and learn more about what's in the latest issue.

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30/11/2023

Nearly 8,000 medieval coins and 7 Bronze Age swords unearthed in Germany

Volunteer conservationists in Germany have unearthed a collection of artifacts, including swords, Bronze Age coins and jewelry.

29/11/2023

2,000-year-old coin stash discovered at ancient Buddhist shrine in Pakistan

Researchers think the coins are from a Buddhist shrine established amid much older ruins.

29/11/2023

Stolen remains of Aboriginal people and Tasmanian tigers traced to grave-robbing Victorian naturalist

Morton Allport earned his scientific reputation by grave robbing human remains and killing soon-to-be-extinct Tasmanian tigers before shipping them to Europe.

28/11/2023

1,000-year-old skeleton of noblewoman with hollowed-out skull found buried next to 'husband' in Germany

Archaeologists in Germany unearthed a male skeleton and a female skeleton. One was missing a significant chunk of the skull.

28/11/2023

73 pre-Incan mummies, some with 'false heads,' unearthed from Wari Empire in Peru

Several dozen burials from the Wari culture, which prospered in the region before the Inca took over, were unearthed in Peru.

25/11/2023

Ancient 20-inch-long hand ax discovered in Saudi Arabia may be world's largest

What may be the world's largest prehistoric hand ax, measuring over 20 inches long, was found in Saudi Arabia.

25/11/2023

Why didn't Alexander the Great invade Rome?

If Alexander the Great had invaded Rome, would he have won?

25/11/2023

As Doctor Who continues to celebrate its 60th anniversary, did you know many of the early episodes featured no monsters or aliens at all? 👽

Instead these 'pure historical' stories, focussed on real events from history. In them, the Doctor met famous historical figures like Marco Polo and Richard the Lionheart, as well as becoming embroiled in events such as The Massacre of St Bartholomew!

Unfortunately, due to the BBC's then-policy of 'junking' vintage episodes of television, many of these historical adventures remain lost and unable to view. Whilst stories such as The Aztecs and The Romans remain in their entirety, some such as The Reign of Terror and The Crusades only partly exist. Tragically, many including Marco Polo, The Massacre, The Myth Makers (which saw the Doctor visit ancient Troy) and The Highlanders have no episodes remaining in the archive.

It is not just these historical adventures which are lost to time either and even the dreaded Daleks were not safe from the BBC's junking policy. The epic twelve-part Daleks Master Plan only partly remains in the archive, The Evil of the Daleks has only one episode surviving and Patrick Troughton's first ever episode, The Power of the Daleks, has no episodes known to be in existence.

However, hope still remains! Episodes have been discovered everywhere from the basement of a Mormon Church to a carboot sale! So next time your clearing out the attic, or traversing a second hand junk shop...keep any eye out for the Doctor!

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25/11/2023

Indigenous Mexicans migrated to California 5,200 years ago, likely bringing their languages with them, ancient DNA reveals

The research challenges the idea that languages from prehistoric Mexico spread along with maize farming in California.

24/11/2023

Scottish boy digging for potatoes found 'masterpiece of Egyptian sculpture' on his school grounds. How did it end up there?

Archaeologists in Scotland may have finally solved the mystery of how ancient Egyptian artifacts that were unearthed in school grounds between 1952 and 1984 became buried there.

24/11/2023

Napoleon's impact was felt across Europe as he looked to expand his empire. Delve deep into the Napoleonic Wars in this history special

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24/11/2023

Ready for your Christmas stocking, All About History 137 is on the way with the history of Santa. We unwrap over 800 years of festive folklore to track the evolution (and global alternatives) of Father Christmas. Plus, was Lucrezia Borgia really the poison princess, who were the Phoenicians and how did William Still become a hero of the Underground Railroad? All these questions get answered as well as searching for the Abominable Snowman, rating history's most famous gifts and exploring the Allied home fronts of WWII.

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24/11/2023

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24/11/2023

On this day in 1963, Lee Harvey Oswald was shot by Jack Ruby. Oswald had been charged with the murder of US President John F. Kennedy, whose assassination in Dallas, Texas had occurred two days earlier, as well as the murder of police officer J. D. Tippit. In the basement of Dallas Police Headquarters, the murder of Oswald was caught on live television. The perpetrator, nightclub owner Jack Ruby, was found guilty of the murder and sentenced to death but died from illness in 1967.

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24/11/2023

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23/11/2023

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23/11/2023

🪐🛸👽 ON THIS DAY IN 1963...THE FIRST EVER EPISODE OF DOCTOR WHO IS BROADCAST 🪐🛸👽

On this day in 1963, the first ever episode of the British science fiction series Doctor Who was broadcast. The episode, 'An Unearthly Child', starred William Hartnell as the mysterious time traveller known only as "The Doctor", who traverses the universe in his Tardis, a space-time machine disguised as a Police Box. In it, two school teachers, played by William Russell and Jacqueline Hill, become concerned for the welfare of one of their pupils, played by Carol Ann Ford. Following her to a junkyard they meet her mysterious grandfather and begin the adventure of a lifetime. Unfortunately, the episode was broadcast only one day after the assassination of President Kennedy and so it was arranged for it to be repeated the following week.

However, the next three weeks saw the Doctor participate in a rather lacklustre adventure featuring cavemen and it was not until the fifth episode, 'The Dead Planet', that Doctor Who's future fame was secured. The episode began a new story which saw the time travellers meet the evil Daleks for the first time. In the story, the Daleks are the mutated survivors of a nuclear war who have retreated to the confines of their vast city. Dalek creator Terry Nation based his creations on the evils of the N***s and his childhood memories of the Second World War. The later Tom Baker episode, Genesis of the Daleks, delved much deeper into the Daleks fascist origins.

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23/11/2023

Want to know more about the life, rise and fall of Napoleon Bonaparte? Look no further than our Napoleon special, available now

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22/11/2023

Chiseled obsidian recovered from Neolithic shipwreck near Capri's 'Blue Grotto'

Divers off the coast of Naples, Italy have recovered a large chunk of chiseled obsidian that likely went down in a Stone Age shipwreck more than 5,000 years ago.

22/11/2023

Prehistoric women hunted too. The evidence is 'written in human bodies' and remains.

In small-group, subsistence living, it makes sense for everyone to do lots of jobs.

22/11/2023

2,000 ancient clay stamps used to seal official Roman documents discovered in Turkey

Researchers found thousands of clay stamps used to seal official documents inside a former city archive in Doliche.

21/11/2023

Baboon mummy DNA from ancient Egypt reveals location of mysterious port city not on any maps

A new DNA study suggests that the lost realm of Punt and the port city of Adulis may have been in the same place, separated by time.

21/11/2023

Satellites spy remnants of hidden Bronze Age settlement in Serbia

The more than 3,000-year-old site along a riverbank in Serbia contains the footprints of dozens of Bronze Age structures.

20/11/2023

Civil War weapons thrown into river by General Sherman's forces recovered in South Carolina

Civil War weapons, including an unexploded ordnance, were found during a cleanup project in a South Carolina river.

20/11/2023

Hoard of 100,000 centuries-old coins discovered in Japan

A hoard of more than 100,000 coins found in Japan might have been buried by warriors centuries ago.

20/11/2023

More than 3,000 Roman coins and gems unearthed at 'magical place' in northern Italy

During ongoing excavations at Claterna, an ancient Roman site in Italy known as the "Pompeii of the North," archaeologists unearthed 3,000 coins and 50 gems.

19/11/2023

4,000-year-old tomb discovered in Norway may contain region's 1st farmers

Archaeologists in Norway have discovered a stone-lined tomb from the late Neolithic that holds the remains of at least five people.

19/11/2023

Cult temples and sacrificial pit unearthed at ancient Roman camp in Germany

Archaeologists in Germany have unearthed the foundations of two temples and a shallow, circular ditch at a former Roman camp.

18/11/2023

'No scientific evidence' that ancient human relative buried dead and carved art as portrayed in Netflix documentary, researchers argue

A new commentary blasts claims about Homo naledi featured in Netflix's "Unknown: Cave of Bones."

18/11/2023

Stone Age Europeans mastered spear-throwers 10,000 years earlier than we thought, study suggests

The researchers say their study pushes back the dates for the use of spear-throwers in Europe by more than 10,000 years.

17/11/2023

A tale of twists and turns, read all about the curious case of the Tichborne Claimant in All About History 136.

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17/11/2023

On this day in 1558, Elizabeth Tudor ascended to the English throne, beginning her reign as Queen Elizabeth I. The last of the Tudor monarchs, she ruled for 45 years.

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