The oldest document in which we find the length and exercises of Advent mentioned with anything like clearness, is a passage in the second book of the History of the Franks by St. Gregory of Tours ...

I EXPLAINED last week how modern-day Dumbarton was once Alt Clut, the rock or height of the Clyde, and had a kingdom named after ...

It is very rare to have such a piece of history from that era so well preserved, and while that is as much as we know about the Battle of Dunnichen, it shows how important that conflict was, as never ...

In the words of his mother, Rowan Brannan of Bognor, England has "always been into finding all sorts of bits and pieces." So ...

The 21st century pharmaceutical and biotech sector has come a long way from its roots in 19th century pharmacy. pharmaphorum looks at its evolution over the centuries. The roots of the ...

IEEE, an organization dedicated to advancing innovation and technological excellence for the benefit of humanity, is the world's largest technical professional society. It is designed to serve ...

[From: Society’s Final Solution: A History and Discussion of the Death Penalty, Laura E. Randa, ed., University Press of America, Inc., 1997. Reprinted with ...

The year's most exciting discoveries included musket balls fired in the early days of the American Revolution, a lost ...

Discover the complex history of the automobile, from early self-propelled vehicles to Karl Benz's invention of the first modern car, and explore the key innovators who shaped the cars we drive today.

How a lively market on Boston Harbor became part of many defining moments of the Colonial and Revolutionary eras During World War II, the crew of the Zaida were among the everyday Americans who ...

But there is also a long history of knitting 'in the round'. Here, four or five needles are used to create a continuous seamless tube – a technique particularly used for caps, stockings and gloves.