This is an interesting list of Norse mythological monsters and some info about them. There’s neat facts about the kraken, nøkken, draugen, mare, huldra, nisse,…

LOL! For all you history buffs out there, here’s an amusing comic from Existential Comics about the philosopher, astronomer, and mathematician Hypatia of Alexandria and the Seven…

LOL! Ironlily drew these amusing Landsknecht Girl comics! In case you’re not familiar with this part of history, a Landsknecht was a German mercenary pikeman of the late…

Christina Hess is a very talented illustrator and designer who draws in a beautiful and ornate style. She illustrated this intricate series called “Animals from History”…

This post illustrates why researchers and scientists should listen to ancient oral histories from native people. So many times Europeans have been like “lol these…

LOL! They found ancient graffiti in Pompeii from thousands of years ago with people writing stuff like “Marcus is gay”, “I f*cked a girl here”,…

samuraiknitter wrote this little “humans are space orcs” story about aliens studying human history. The best way to learn any civilization’s weakness is, of course, is to study…

Today I learned that bread fraud was a common issue in ancient Rome. The production and distribution of bread was tightly controlled by the government,…

This is a great point about inaccurate feminist characters in historical fiction. There’s nothing wrong with writing feminist characters in different eras of course, but…

LOL! As always, history does not disappoint! Ea-nasir, who is now also an internet legend, was dodgy businessman from 4000 years ago. According to the…