The Egyptian Empire was one of the most powerful in the world in its day, thanks in no small part to a host of inventions.

Indeed, human lives—and even history itself—would not be the same without the intervention of certain animals. Some have shown such heroic qualities that they have helped us in wars, in major ...

The public’s perception of black cats has always been negative due to their association with evil and superstition, witchcraft, and curses. In Ancient Egypt, people tended to avoid black cats.

Everyone knows Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, the Disney animated film released in 1937. However, the tale that inspired it is much older and is based on a real story—one far darker than the version ...

To understand its origins, we must go back to the end of World War II. Following the Yalta Conference, Germany, which surrendered in 1945, was divided into four occupation zones controlled by the ...

With the Maastricht Treaty, the European Economic Community (EEC), which was created on March 25, 1957, in Rome, became the European Community (EC), one of the main institutions of the newly ...

The Siberian tiger is currently an endangered species. Yet, it remains the largest feline on the planet. In the wild, it has no natural predators except humans, who have driven it to near extinction.

The leopard seal (Hydrurga leptonyx), sometimes called the "sea leopard," is one of the most feared seals in Antarctica. A nightmare for young penguins, this 300-kilogram giant remains relatively ...

To control the territory, the Roman Republic threw all its forces for more than a century (343-264 BCE) in a duel against the ...

With her rebellious and mischievous character, Princess Margaret appeared to be the opposite of her sister Elizabeth II, who ...