Medieval
The Babylonians Who Beat Us to Calculus
A Discovery That Changes the Story, Today So, here we are in 2025, still trying to wrap our heads around how brilliant ancient civilizations really were. We’ve always known the Babylonians were math and astronomy rockstars, but the more we uncover, the more it feels like we’ve underestimated them by a lot.
By Areeba Umairabout a month ago in History
Seven Medieval ‘Cures’ That Prove We’re Really Lucky to Be Sick in 2025
The Wild History of Old-School Medicine If you’ve ever complained about a long wait at the clinic or how gross cough syrup tastes, trust me, after reading how illnesses were treated centuries ago, you might send your doctor a thank-you card. Medicine has come a very, very long way.
By Areeba Umairabout a month ago in History
Unexplained Mystery: The Disappearance of the Roman Ninth Legion
Fascinated with the fog They say fact is stranger than fiction, and I agree. I read about this fantastic mystery of disappearing soldiers in the hub Top 10 Unexplained Mysteries by Rui Carreira. The Roman Ninth Legion were 5000 men who disappeared into the fog, never returning.
By Cheryl E Prestonabout a month ago in History
The Final Trail
The mountains had always been a place of freedom—vast skies, whispering pines, and the kind of silence that made a person feel both small and alive. When thirty-four-year-old American hiker Ethan Ward walked into the backcountry one crisp January morning, no one thought it would be the last time anyone saw him. He was experienced, healthy, and familiar with the trails. The rangers logged his entry as routine. Nothing unusual. Nothing alarming. Just another man seeking peace in the wild.
By Izhar Ullahabout a month ago in History
The Winter Creature People Misjudge
There is a predictable pattern that shows up whenever old cultural traditions resurface in modern conversation. If the costumes are loud, or the symbols unfamiliar, someone will insist it carries a demonic core. The Alpine Krampuslauf festival is a perfect example of this kind of misplaced certainty.
By Dr. Mozelle Martin | Ink Profilerabout a month ago in History
The Eternal Embrace Beneath the Earth
The earth has a strange way of holding memories. Some are scattered in fragments, others sealed deep beneath layers of time—waiting for the right hands to uncover them. In Taiwan, a team of archaeologists brushed away centuries of dust and silence to reveal a moment so tender, so profoundly human, that even the passage of 4,800 years could not erase its emotional power.
By Izhar Ullahabout a month ago in History
The Stillness in the Clouds: Echoes of Flight 247
The storm was an ancient one, a howling beast of wind and ice that had scoured the peaks of the Andean Cordillera for centuries. It was in the temporary lull of such a storm, in a high valley that saw no human eyes, that a helicopter from a geological survey team found it. Not a wreck, not in the conventional sense. It was a tomb, sealed in glass.
By Izhar Ullahabout a month ago in History
