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Surnames can reveal much about your family history, but they can also be a minefield of misinformation. By Paul Blake. Twenty members of the public describe what spurred them on to discover more ...

Today's object: Mummy of Hornedjitef British Museum Mummy and coffins of a priest who lived over 1,000 years after Tutankhamun and Ramesses the Great. Weekly theme: Making us human Looking at the ...

To that end, let’s look at the history of cell phones. We’ll go through the evolution one decade at a time — from the first-ever wireless network to the proliferation of mobile apps ...

The Smithsonian Institution was established with funds from James Smithson (1765–1829), a British scientist who left his estate to the United States to found “at Washington, under the name of the ...

The Windows Timeline feature tracks everything you do on your PC i.e., apps you open, files you had accessed, etc. All the data is stored on your Windows 11 and Windows 10 PC, with Microsoft ...

Explore the history of the BBC since its foundation in 1922 to the present day Explore more than 100 years of the BBC’s history – click on our interactive timeline or investigate a topical ...

For years, the owner's son had wondered about the artwork, which features the Spanish painter's signature. Now, some experts think it's the real deal Julia Binswanger The 17th-century painting ...

When Adolf Hitler co-opted it, its meaning changed forever On This Day in History On September 10, 1622, Japanese officials burned alive or beheaded 55 missionaries and laypeople alike.

An elusive figure in history, Zarathustra becomes clearly visible as the center of a monotheistic faith whose influence on other major religions is undeniable. Linking China and the Roman world ...

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which was adopted by the UN General Assembly on 10 December 1948, was the result of the experience of the Second World War. With the end of that war, and ...