Dead Sea Scrolls Digitally Launched As Never Seen Before By The Public

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Roman settlement remains found at Kingskerswell bypass

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Archaeologists find prehistoric humans cared for sick and disabled

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Ancient city of Troy rebranded itself after war

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Ancient Peruvian Priestess

From Sky News : The reconstructed face of a high ruling Peruvian priestess has been unveiled by researchers from Utah Valley University. The...

Queens, Concubines & Ordinary People

From Isle of Man Today : Did you know that there are no women fighting for crowns, and very few women are named in the Chronicles of the Kin...

Origins of Female Genital Mutilation

From Discovery News : United Nations Member States recently approved the first-ever draft resolution calling for a global ban on female geni...

Epidemic of Rape in Peru

From RH Reality Check : Peru, while famous for its modern culinary delights and ancient civilizations, also has a far less flattering distin...

The Scream

From Al Arabiya News : At the peak of the uprising against now ousted Yemeni strongman Ali Abdullah Saleh, Khadija al-Salami left her diplom...

New Delhi Gang Rape Outrage

From Time World : Last Sunday in New Delhi, at around 9.30 p.m., a 23-year-old woman was gang raped for almost an hour on a moving bus and t...

Ancient Female Statue Found

From Hurryiet Daily News : A 2,500-year-old statue of a woman from the late Hellenistic period has been unearthed during the excavations at ...

Legacy of Begum Akhtar

From the Hindu Business Line : Once the toast of cultural circles, artistes and musicians often slip out of public memory as soon as they qu...

Japanese archaeologists find 1,400 year old Kofun-period warrior still in armor

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King Richard III's medieval inn recreated by archaeologists

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Study revisits mystery of Egyptian King Ramesses III's killing

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Untouched 18th Century Woodworking Shop Found

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It's a real coo as 'unbreakable' war code found on pigeon in Portland is cracked

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Roman Settlement and Possible Prehistoric Site Uncovered in Northern Italy

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Chemical analysis reveals first cheese making in Northern Europe in the 6th millennium BC

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Archaeologists Uncover Europe's First Civilization

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Send for the bard! Carnyx discovery leaves archaeologists little the wiser

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When Homo sapiens hit upon the power of art

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The Flores Hobbit's face revealed

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Archaeologists find Maya ceramics and mural paintings in three underwater caves in Mexico

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Fit for a King: Largest Egyptian Sarcophagus Identified

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'First tartan' on Roman statue

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GLADIATOR'S TOMB TO BE REBURIED

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Drought May Have Killed Sumerian Language

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Underwater Archaeological Discovery Yields Korean Artifacts

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HISTORY BUFF is back!!!!!!

For those of you who didn't see the details on my  Facebook page , my LOOOONG hiatus from History Buff was due to a 2-month trip abroad....

FBI Files On Lana Peters

From the Huffington Post : Newly declassified documents show the FBI kept close tabs on Soviet dictator Josef Stalin's only daughter aft...

Maids Rescued From Captivity

From The Star : Immigration officers rescued 105 foreign women found locked in a four-storey maid agency in Bandar Baru Klang here during a ...

Women In Post-Taliban Afghanistan

From The Independent : Just before she leapt from her roof into the streets of Kabul, Farima thought of the wedding that would never happen ...

Books & Reviews

It seems today every man and his dog has a blog reviewing books - some are professional reviewers, many are amatuers.  Many blog / review on...