Friday, February 13, 2026

History

Evolution

Scientists reveal a 1.5-million-year-old human face

An international research team led by Dr. Karen Baab, a paleoanthropologist at the College of Graduate Studies, Glendale Campus of Midwestern University in Arizona,...

Medieval History

Was the Bayeux Tapestry Made for a Monastic Dining Hall?

A new study offers a fresh way of thinking about one of the most famous works of medieval art by asking a deceptively simple...

Ancient History

American History

Teaching American History Webinar: A Deep Dive

Almost 250 years ago, on July 2nd, 1776, the Second Continental Congress voted for independence. Two days later, they approved the Declaration of Independence,...

Nothing is New: Political Strife and Competing Worldviews in the 1790s

One out of manyWe the People, self-evident truths—these were the touchstones of the 1770s and 1780s. The historic collaboration between Alexander Hamilton and James...

USING THE DIGITAL ATLAS | Teaching American History

As a classroom teacher, I’m no stranger to feeling overwhelmed by the sheer number of resources out there. There’s no shortage of materials online—except,...

The Top Books and Films About Buffalo Bill Cody

Books Buffalo Bill: Scout, Showman, Visionary (2010, by Steve Friesen) This is my biography of William Frederick “Buffalo Bill” Cody, written when I was the...

This Patient Rider Spent Months Retracing the Pony Express on Horseback

When the Central Overland California and Pikes Peak Express Co. launched the Pony Express on April 3, 1860, fanfare for the new express mail...

Archaeology

16th-Century Gallows Excavated in France

GRENOBLE, FRANCE—Live Science reports that traces of sixteenth-century gallows and 10 burial pits have been uncovered in southeastern France by researchers from the French...

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