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History News covers history and historical events by looking back and putting the past into today's perspective.
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MAD Magazine Flashback: The World Crisis
World crises come and they go. But one thing remains the same as it was 38 years ago.
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Bronze-Age 'Facebook' Stone Conveyed 'Likes'
Granite rock faces in Russia and northern Sweden reveal ancient etched exchanges about trends and "likes."
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Kennedy Family's History of Tragedy: Photos
The suicide of Mary Kennedy, the estranged wife of Robert Kennedy Jr., adds yet another chapter to the tragic history of the family.
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200-Year-Old Shipwreck Found Off Gulf Coast
The ship's wood has nearly disintegrated, but a copper sheathing remains, along with a variety of artifacts.
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Donna Summer - the Queen of Disco - Dies at 63
The five-time Grammy winner shot to fame in the '70s with iconic hits produced by famed disco producer Giorgio Moroder.
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A Mummy Switcheroo
A mummy that was thought to be one of the ancient god Min's priests is actually the remains of another man.
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Beheading: Once a Nobleman's Death
Cutting off a person's head is a particularly horrific method of execution -- and that's one reason it's popular among some groups.
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Early Europe Art Depicts Female Sex Organs: Photos
The drawings of female sex organs and animal art were found in a limestone block in southern France.
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Europe's Early Man Drew Female Sex Organs, Animals
The engraved and painted images found on a limestone wall are believed to be the oldest wall art.
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Parenting Lessons From the Ancient World
Parents today are no more deserving of adulation in the form of flowers and gift cards than their ancestors.
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'Jackie' the Ripper: Was the Serial Killer a Woman?
One Ripperologist believes the killer had "a feminine manner."
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The Olympic Torch: Everything You Need to Know
What are the origins of th Olympic torch? Who gets to carry the torch? Find the answers to these questions and more.
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Tour the Pyramids Online
A virtual trip through Egypt's Giza Plateau includes aerial 3D views, cross sections of the ground and passages through walls.
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Never Mind the Apocalypse: Earliest Mayan Calendar Found
Deep in the Guatemalan rainforest, the oldest known version of the Mayan calendar has been found painted on ancient ruins' walls.
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Vidal Sassoon Dies At 84: Big Pic
The celebrity hairdresser was known as a pioneer in the field.
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Viral YouTube Ad Plays Through History
You can explore history with a hunter and a bear in this viral YouTube ad. It's seriously fun.
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Earliest Evidence of Biblical Cult Discovered
An excavagation in a 3,000-year-old city yields evidence of an ancient religion.
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Marriage's Bumpy History: Photos
President Obama's endorsement of gay marriage is just the latest turn in the long, bumpy evolution of marriage.
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Obama Backs Same-Sex Marriage
He becomes the first American president to support same-sex marriage.
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No, Abraham Lincoln Didn't Invent Facebook
A blog claiming so is debunked. But Lincoln did hold a patent for a device to lift boats over shoals in a river.
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