Monday, July 20, 202618 stories
Mozart's lost notebook, Nazi database, Roman woman ID'd
Today's history coverage is a grab bag of rediscoveries: a 248-year-old Mozart notebook surfaces with unknown pieces, a German newspaper builds a searchable Nazi Party database, and archaeologists may have named a 2,000-year-old woman from a well inscription. Each story is about finding something thought lost and giving it new context.
Saturday, July 18, 202619 stories
Gold treasure, Sea Peoples, and a scientist named
Today's history roundup is a grab bag of new discoveries and fresh angles on old stories. A drainage ditch in Thailand yields a 1,300-year-old gold hoard, Christopher Nolan's upcoming Odyssey film gets historians talking about the Sea Peoples, and a Maya mathematician-astronomer gets a name that challenges Eurocentric science history. There's also a deep dive into Indira Gandhi's bank nationalization and a prison escape from 1946.
Friday, July 17, 202620 stories
Roman concrete and Maya astronomers steal the day
Today's history coverage is dominated by two threads: the enduring mystery of Roman concrete gets a fresh clue from a latrine, and Maya astronomy gains its first named individual. Both stories shift what we thought we knew about ancient engineering and science.
Thursday, July 16, 202620 stories
Scotland's crannogs, a Maya astronomer named
Today's history roundup is a mix of deep-time archaeology and anniversary nostalgia. The big news is a pair of discoveries that rewrite timelines: Scotland's crannogs are 4,000 years old, not Iron Age, and a Maya astronomer finally has a name. Meanwhile, anniversaries of Apollo 11 and the parking meter revolt mark the calendar.
Saturday, June 20, 20265 stories
Juneteenth, dictators' chefs, rare cauldron
Today's history roundup spans from medieval river finds to 20th-century insurgencies, but the thread is about power and its intimate edges. A reflective Juneteenth piece questions whether emancipation was ever truly delivered, while a documentary explores the surreal proximity of dictators' chefs. A rare cauldron discovery reminds us that history's material traces are still being unearthed.