When did humans start settling down? In Israel, new discoveries at one of the world’s oldest villages are upending the debate about when we stopped wandering. ~humanities.history Article 4361 words 21 votes
Eighty year anniversary of a speed record build of a WW2 bomber ~humanities.history Article 416 words 7 votes
Cold War British RMP video shown to travellers before driving from West Germany to West Berlin through the Soviet East German corridor ~humanities.history Video 16:09, published Oct 29 2019 8 votes
How well suited is Sweden's Saab JAS 39 Gripen and their dispersal operations in NATO's air forces? ~humanities.history Video 20:30, published Jun 8 2023 3 votes
Is a highlander shield bulletproof? Targe vs flintlock musket and pistol - Historical myth busting ~humanities.history Video 41:47 5 votes
Top-secret atomic bunker has opened to the public in Denmark – built to withstand a nuclear attack, it's now an astonishing subterranean museum ~humanities.history Article 1431 words 6 votes
The history of the boycott: How one Englishman’s name has ended up in every dictionary since 1888 ~humanities.languages Link 8 votes
The long history of the figurative 'literally'—and eight great writers who used it ~humanities.languages Article 1521 words, published Mar 20 2023 2 votes
Why did Denmark gain land after WW1 despite being neutral? ~humanities.history Video 3:23, published Apr 25 2022 4 votes
Scientists have identified the oldest-known inscription referencing the Norse god Odin on part of a gold disc unearthed in western Denmark ~humanities.languages Article 413 words 6 votes
US pilot shot down four Soviet MiGs in thirty minutes – and kept it a secret for fifty years ~humanities.history Article 1508 words 8 votes
World's oldest runestone found in Norway – 2,000-year-old inscription is among the earliest examples of words recorded in writing ~humanities.languages Article 476 words 9 votes
Crippling Hitler's navy – the battle that knocked out 50% of the Kriegsmarine's destroyers in Norway ~humanities.history Video 11:42, published Dec 25 2022 4 votes
Oldest known sentence written in first alphabet discovered – on a head-lice comb ~humanities.languages Article 648 words 7 votes
Swedish maritime archaeologists have discovered the long-lost sister ship of the 17th-century warship Vasa ~humanities.history Article 463 words 7 votes
Jerry cans: The true secret weapon of WWII ~humanities.history Video 30:14, published Feb 28 2022 5 votes
The true history of the Knights Templar with Dan Jones ~humanities.history Video 44:49, published Aug 31 2022 4 votes
Logistics: How did they do it? Part III, on the move ~humanities.history Article 10 058 words, published Aug 12 2022 6 votes
Sweden's Foreign Minister Ann Linde said she won't return a historical document to Poland, as it was a “legitimate” spoil of war ~humanities.history Article 226 words, published Jul 27 2022 2 votes
How ancient soldiers used sound to frighten and confuse their enemies ~humanities.history Article 1226 words 8 votes
The polyglots of Dardistan - At the crossroads of south and central Asia lies one of the world’s most multilingual places, with songs and poetry to match ~humanities.languages Article 3530 words 3 votes
Interesting histories: Female — Male — Woman — Man ~humanities.languages Article 456 words, published Jul 17 2017 6 votes
What was watchtower duty like on the Roman frontier? ~humanities.history Video 13:40, published Dec 23 2021 7 votes
An extraordinary 500-year-old shipwreck is rewriting the history of the age of discovery ~humanities.history Article 4266 words 10 votes
Part of a Spitfire which was shot down over Norway during World War II has gone on display after being restored ~humanities.history Article 29 words 5 votes
George Washington and the first mass US military inoculation ~humanities.history Article 604 words 6 votes
The Macedonian Argyraspides (silver shields) | Units of History ~humanities.history Video 26:32 3 votes
What if the Morgenthau plan was implemented in Germany after the end of WW2? ~humanities.history Video 12:56 5 votes