Flipboard 2025 World History

Energy stories usually start on land. This one doesn’t. It begins far offshore, where heat slips through rock and water, and where engineers and scientists see possibility instead of empty darkness waiting quietly below us.

Lots of people love the idea that their ancestry is a straight, spotless line—same place, same people, same “blood,” century after century. It’s neat. It’s tidy. It’s also not how humans work. According to DNA evidence discussed in the Harvard Gazette, the more scientists dig into ancient genetics, the more obvious it becomes: “pure bloodlines” aren’t rare or uncommon—they’re basically a fairy tale.

Between 1870 and 1920, Philadelphia minted millionaires. It became home to powerful industrials. All those industrial titans built massive fortunes through railroads, banking, textiles, and manufacturing. These nouveaux riches craved country estates that reflected European aristocratic taste.

An ancient fossil from Africa is rewriting the story of human evolution. Evidence of upright walking in this seven-million-year-old ape suggests our early ancestors adapted to new environments far earlier than previously believed.

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.