Flipboard 2025 World History

Discover how the world’s oldest cave painting found in Indonesia is rewriting the history of human creativity, revealing astonishing insights into early art, symbolism, and ancient human thought.

Archaeological investigations along Maharashtra's Konkan coast have dramatically extended India's timeline for human artistic and cultural development. Petroglyph traditions in this coastal region are estimated to be between 10,000 and 12,000 years old, with preliminary research suggesting possible ages reaching 24,000 years, though this requires further validation.

Baoji in Shaanxi Province has long drawn archaeologists searching for clues about the Western Zhou. Each excavation season confirms its importance, yet recent work has gone further than expected.

When archaeologists opened a Nubian grave dating back approximately 5,500 years, they expected the usual remains—bones, beads, maybe a tool or two. But what caught their eye was an ancient ostrich egg. At first glance, it looked plain. Then they saw the carvings.

Explore the tragic deaths of Olympic swimmers David Bratton and George Van Cleaf after the 1904 St. Louis Games, where contaminated water and typhoid fever turned a historic event into a fatal cautionary tale.

A deeply researched account of Sabena Flight 548, the 1961 plane crash that killed the entire U.S. Women’s Figure Skating Team. This 27-slide feature explores the aviation disaster, its devastating impact on world figure skating, and its lasting place in Winter Olympics history.

Archaeologists uncover the Lost Golden City of Aten near Luxor, Egypt—a 3,400-year-old urban center revealing daily life, industry, and royal power during the height of the New Kingdom.

When people think of ancient civilizations in South Asia, the Harappans often come to mind. But what if signs of human life in the region go back much further than that? In a remote corner of Gujarat, researchers have uncovered evidence that could push the timeline of early settlement back by thousands of years. These findings raise new questions about who lived there, how they survived, and what they left behind. As clues emerge from the rugged land near Dholavira, they hint at a chapter of prehistory that’s been hidden in plain sight. The story unfolding at Khadir Beyt isn’t just about archaeology—it’s about reshaping our understanding of early human history.

Discover the incredible archaeological discoveries at Fort Michilimackinac, where researchers uncovered over 40 structures revealing vivid details of 18th-century frontier life, trade, conflict, and daily survival in early American history.

For thousands of years, humanity has chased a secret said to conquer death and perfect matter itself. Ancient myths and misunderstood texts became entangled over time. Tracing their origins exposes why the Philosopher’s Stone refuses to disappear, even in an era built on evidence and skepticism.

Sometimes history doesn’t get “discovered” so much as it gets tired of hiding. In Myanmar, a powerful earthquake cracked the ground open near an old royal landscape—and suddenly there were stairways, platforms, and brickwork where there used to be ordinary earth. Now researchers are asking a delicious question: did this accidental reveal just breathe new life into ancient mentions of a royal “water palace” that people have argued about for ages?

Discover how archaeologists traced obsidian from 96 sites in Alberta to distant volcanic sources, revealing a prehistoric trade network that stretched over 750 miles across ancient Canada and reshaped our understanding of Indigenous connectivity.