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...