Flipboard 2025 World History

Scientists discovered four giant dinosaur footprints in North Dakota that may form the first known trackway made by an adult T. rex, offering rare clues about how it moved.

The Canopus Decree honored Pharaoh Ptolemy III, but its trilingual inscriptions became a vital companion to the Rosetta Stone, helped confirm the decipherment of Egyptian hieroglyphs, revealed an ancient leap-year proposal, and continue to yield surprises after the discovery of a new complete copy in 2025.

Deep inside Tennessee’s Devilstep Hollow Cave, ancient Indigenous petroglyphs reveal a sophisticated world of art, symbolism, ritual, and imagination.

Chris McCandless was a bright college graduate from a comfortable American family, with the kind of future that seemed wide open. Then, at 22, he gave away thousands of dollars, cut contact with his family, and disappeared onto the road under a new name. Two years later, hunters found him passed away inside an abandoned bus deep in the Alaskan wilderness. How did his life change so completely, and what actually happened during the final months that turned his strange journey into the story of the film Into the Wild?

Archaeologists still debate the evidence for King David, from the Tel Dan Stele and Jerusalem excavations to Khirbet Qeiyafa, radiocarbon dating, and disputed ancient inscriptions.

Archaeologists opened a 600-year-old tomb at Chan Chan in Peru and uncovered human remains, weapons, jewelry, and rare artifacts offering an extraordinary glimpse into the ancient Chimú elite.

Climate Disasters have killed millions, devastated harvests, displaced populations, and reshaped human history across thousands of years.

From Egypt’s Thonis-Heracleion to England’s drowned Dunwich, discover how sonar and underwater mapping are revealing cities and settlements hidden beneath the waves.

Scientists gave chimpanzees crystals to explore why ancient humans collected them 780,000 years ago. The apes' reactions offered surprising clues about curiosity, attraction, and the origins of enduring crystal fascination.

Researchers have detected two air-filled anomalies behind the eastern face of Egypt's Menkaure Pyramid, strengthening a fascinating theory that the ancient monument may contain a previously unknown second entrance.

Archaeologists in Egypt discovered fragments of Homer’s Iliad deliberately placed on a 1,600-year-old mummy, revealing an extraordinary connection between Greek literature and ancient Egyptian funerary practices.