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…

It’s sad to think how much medical knowledge was lost during the witch hunts. It’s even sadder to think that sexism is still rampant in…

Ching Shih, also known as Zheng Yi Sao, was a Chinese pirate queen who terrorized the seas during the early 19th century. She was born…

LOL! The thread in response to this post by 1800s Nostalgia is a wild ride. First if all, this two-year-old was not arrested for eating…

Wow, this is a crazy historical list of the causes of death in London in the 1600s. It lists the diseases and casualties in the…