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03/06/2026

A new study cultivated four strains of cold-adapted yeasts that had colonized Ötzi's body shortly after his death 5,300 years ago in the Alps.

02/06/2026

Over a century after a red-lined cave wall was discovered, scientists have determined that it represents the U.K.'s oldest rock art.

02/06/2026

On This Day in 1941, German paratroopers executed at least 23 unarmed male civilians from the village of Kondomari on the island of Crete, marking one of the first orchestrated mass executions of civilians during World War II.

The atrocity was ordered by Student General Kurt Student as a "reprisal" for the fierce and often unconventional resistance provided by Cretan villagers during the Battle of Crete, which had resulted in significant German casualties.

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02/06/2026

On This Day in 1953, the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II took place at Westminster Abbey, marking the first time a British coronation was ever televised for a global audience.

Though she had technically ascended the throne sixteen months earlier upon the death of her father, King George VI, the elaborate ceremony served as a powerful symbol of national continuity and the dawn of a "New Elizabethan Age."

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01/06/2026

The Gessel gold hoard is among the largest treasures ever discovered in prehistoric Europe but has only three pieces of jewelry in it.

01/06/2026

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31/05/2026

A child's 4,000-year-old skull found in Uzbekistan has signs of trepanation, making it the oldest evidence of surgery in Central Asia on record.

30/05/2026

On This Day in 1431, Joan of Arc, the nineteen-year-old French peasant girl who had led armies to stunning victories during the Hundred Years' War, was executed by being burned at the stake in Rouen.

Captured by Burgundian forces and sold to the English, she was subjected to a politically motivated ecclesiastical trial where she was convicted of heresy and cross-dressing. Throughout her ordeal, she maintained that the "voices" of saints had guided her to drive the English from France and see Charles VII crowned king.

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29/05/2026

In honor of the 700th-anniversary founding of the Royal Monastery of Santa Maria Pedralbes in Barcelona, scientists opened eight 14th-century graves and studied the 25 people found inside, including a queen.

28/05/2026

What if the US dropped the atomic bomb in Korea? – Episode 5 of Almost History out now
Fifth episode of new ‘What If?’ podcast from All About History available now – Subscribe today on your preferred podcast player

Fifth episode of new 'What If?' podcast from All About History available now – Subscribe today on your preferred podcast player