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on January 17, 2021 at 9:56 pm

These new discoveries were made near the pyramids of King Teti, the first Pharaoh of the Sixth Dynasty of the Old Kingdom, led by a team led by the ...

on January 17, 2021 at 7:18 pm

While the Pyramids of Giza and ancient temples in Luxor and Aswan get all the attention, there are several hidden gems in Egypt that will totally ...

on January 17, 2021 at 12:48 pm

A Moon landing is the arrival of a spacecraft on the surface of the Moon.This includes both crewed and robotic missions. The first human-made object to touch the Moon was the Soviet Union's Luna 2, […]

on January 17, 2021 at 12:33 pm

Hawass, known for his Indiana Jones hat and TV specials on Egypt's ancient sites, said work has been done at the site close to the Pyramid of Teti for ...

on January 17, 2021 at 7:07 am

There has been a flurry of excavations in recent years in Saqqara, home to the step pyramid of Djoser, one of the earliest built in ancient Egypt. Related ...

on January 16, 2021 at 3:12 pm

See the moon landing as they did 50 years ago Astronaut Neil Armstrong made history on July 20, 1969, when he became the first man to set foot on the moon. Watch the historic Apollo 11 moments as ...

on January 16, 2021 at 2:29 pm

It is only seven months since NASA's made a bold decision to send Apollo 8 all the way to the moon on the first manned flight of the massive Saturn V rocket. Now, on the morning of July 16, Apollo 11 […]

on January 16, 2021 at 1:03 pm

The city, which was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1987, was settled as early as 400 B.C. and became the most powerful and influential city in the region by 400 A.D.

on January 16, 2021 at 11:44 am

The Egyptian pyramids were built by skilled workers who were paid a wage. Farmers were often drafted to help with pyramid construction during the flood season. There are many theories about how the […]

on January 16, 2021 at 4:13 am

All three of Giza's famed pyramids and their elaborate burial complexes were built during a frenetic period of construction, from roughly 2550 to 2490 B.C. The pyramids were built by Pharaohs Khufu...

on January 16, 2021 at 2:55 am

The history behind building pyramids was of hard work, resilience, and efforts. But the Pyramids did not get right, the first time. The pyramids in the desert often collapsed while they were being […]

on January 16, 2021 at 12:39 am

Egyptian Pyramids. Contents. The Pharaoh in Egyptian Society. The Early Pyramids. The Great Pyramids of Giza. Who Built The Pyramids? Built during a time when Egypt was ... The Pharaoh in Egyptian […]

on January 15, 2021 at 11:41 pm

Definition Egyptian Pyramids. Known as 'mr' or 'mir' by the Egyptians, the pyramid was a royal tomb and considered the place of... Mesoamerican Pyramids. The pyramids of Mesoamerica follow this […]

on January 15, 2021 at 10:58 pm

Timeline of the 1969 Moon Landing At 9:32 a.m. EDT on July 16, with the world watching, Apollo 11 took off from Kennedy Space Center with astronauts Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins...

on January 15, 2021 at 10:51 pm

The pyramids of Giza were royal tombs built for three different pharaohs. The northernmost and oldest pyramid of the group was built for Khufu (Greek: Cheops), the second king of the 4th dynasty. […]

on January 15, 2021 at 6:26 pm

Moon landing conspiracy theories claim that some or all elements of the Apollo program and the associated Moon landings were hoaxes staged by NASA, possibly with the aid of other organizations.The […]

on January 15, 2021 at 6:19 pm

The Apollo 11 moon landing on July 20, 1969 was one of the most astonishing achievements in human history. That day, an estimated 530 million TV viewers watched U.S. astronauts Neil Armstrong and...

on January 15, 2021 at 4:18 pm

Number and location of pyramids Abu Rawash. Abu Rawash is the site of Egypt's most northerly pyramid (other than the ruins of Lepsius pyramid number... Giza. The Giza Plateau is the location of the […]

on January 15, 2021 at 11:03 am

Faking a moon landing is not a trivial matter; it not only requires massive resources, and technical prowess, but also the trust of a large number of people who would be involved in the moon landing […]

on January 15, 2021 at 4:15 am

The oldest known Egyptian pyramid, known as the Saqqara Step Pyramid, has been dated to approximately 2630 B.C. Reputedly built by the legendary architect and priest Imhotep for Pharaoh Djoser...

by Christopher Klein on January 14, 2021 at 7:06 pm

As security fears gripped its capital and a global calamity continued to claim the lives of hundreds of thousands of its citizens, the United States prepared for a presidential inauguration unlike […]

by Sarah Pruitt on January 13, 2021 at 9:22 pm

On August 28, 1963, in front of a crowd of nearly 250,000 people spread across the National Mall in Washington, D.C., the Baptist preacher and civil rights leader Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. […]

by Jessica Pearce Rotondi on January 13, 2021 at 6:10 pm

Candy bars may seem quintessentially American, but they have origins in the World War I chocolate rations given to European soldiers. The American military followed suit, helping its doughboys […]

by Madison Horne on January 13, 2021 at 2:01 pm

The first presidential inauguration was held on April 30, 1789, in what was then the nation’s capital of New York City. On a second floor balcony of Federal Hall, George Washington took the […]

on January 13, 2021 at 7:16 am

THE oldest pyramids on Earth are hidden away under the deep cold snow of Antarctica, conspiracy theorists have shockingly claimed on the History Channel. By Sebastian Kettley PUBLISHED: 07:23, Wed ...

by History.com Editors on January 12, 2021 at 7:58 pm

On April 3, 1963, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., his Southern Christian Leadership Conference and their partners in the Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights led a campaign of protests, […]

by Dave Roos on January 12, 2021 at 1:58 pm

It’s a grim but necessary calculation, counting those Americans who have died in service to their country, as targets of terrorist attacks, amid natural disasters or as victims of pandemic […]

by Dave Roos on January 8, 2021 at 4:27 pm

In the mid-19th-century, the two most powerful political parties in the United States were the Democrats and the Whigs. In two presidential elections, 1840 and 1848, Americans voted a Whig into the […]

by Becky Little on January 7, 2021 at 7:21 pm

In its over 200-year history, the U.S. Capitol has been the main location where the Senate and the House of Representatives pass the country’s laws and where presidents are inaugurated and […]

by Dave Roos on January 6, 2021 at 2:44 pm

In 1901 a deadly smallpox epidemic tore through the Northeast, prompting the Boston and Cambridge boards of health to order the vaccination of all residents. But some refused to get the shot, […]

by Dave Roos on January 4, 2021 at 5:08 pm

Americans borrowed the term “lame duck” from the British, who first applied the insult to bankrupt businessmen in the 18th century and then to 19th-century politicians whose time in […]

by Sarah Pruitt on January 4, 2021 at 2:26 pm

It should come as no surprise that people living in the original 13 colonies lived harder lives than contemporary Americans, without the benefit of the modern conveniences. But colonists still found […]

by Susan Delson on December 22, 2020 at 9:30 pm

On July 9, 1962, a little-known artist named Andy Warhol opened a small show at the Ferus Gallery in Los Angeles. His head-scratching subject: Campbell’s Soup. Each of his 32 paintings […]

by Farrell Evans on December 21, 2020 at 5:37 pm

How did Americans living under slavery experience the Christmas holidays? While early accounts from white Southerners after the Civil War often painted an idealized picture of owners’ […]

by Lesley Kennedy on December 21, 2020 at 4:19 pm

Champagne, noise makers and confetti are all New Year’s Eve staples. But, in some parts of the country and the world, so are black-eyed peas, lentils, grapes and pickled herring. Hailing from […]

by History.com Editors on December 17, 2020 at 7:53 pm

It was a year like no other. Amid the massive losses inflicted by a global pandemic, bitter political divisions and racial unrest that exploded into violence, glimmers of light shone through the […]

by Lesley Kennedy on December 16, 2020 at 6:19 pm

As the official workplace and executive residence of the president of the United States, the White House stands as one of the most famous, and recognizable, buildings in the world. But behind its […]

by Becky Little on December 16, 2020 at 2:48 pm

Widespread vaccination has helped decrease or virtually eliminate many dangerous and deadly diseases in the United States. Yet because vaccines have been so effective at removing threats, it’s […]

by Becky Little on December 15, 2020 at 4:34 pm

James K. Polk, the 11th president of the United States, is probably best known for growing the the size of the country by more than one-third. This territorial expansion pushed the U.S. border […]

by History.com Editors on December 14, 2020 at 5:25 pm

On January 26, 2020, a helicopter carrying former pro basketball player Kobe Bryant, his 13-year-old daughter Gianna and seven others crashed in Calabasas, California, roughly 30 miles north of Los […]

by Dave Roos on December 11, 2020 at 6:01 pm

An unthinkable 50 to 100 million people worldwide died from the 1918-1919 flu pandemic commonly known as the “Spanish Flu.” It was the deadliest global pandemic since the Black Death, and […]

by Jessica Pearce Rotondi on December 9, 2020 at 9:46 pm

Freemason secrets allegedly lurk behind everything from the planning of our nation’s capital to murder. Members of the enigmatic Masonic brotherhood include prominent politicians, Founding […]

by Becky Little on December 9, 2020 at 7:38 pm

There’s a scene in Goldfinger, the third James Bond movie, where Bond lures Auric Goldfinger into a bet by wagering a bar of “lost” Nazi gold. It’s unclear if this is supposed […]

by Becky Little on December 8, 2020 at 4:32 pm

“The future must see the broadening of human rights throughout the world,” Eleanor Roosevelt told a crowd in September 1948 at the Sorbonne in Paris. “People who have glimpsed […]

by Sarah Pruitt on December 3, 2020 at 9:24 pm

While most Americans today probably can’t imagine the Christmas season without Santa Claus, Christmas trees, hanging stockings and giving gifts, most of those traditions didn’t get […]

by Dave Roos on December 2, 2020 at 4:47 pm

The Egyptian military became one of the ancient world’s greatest fighting forces during the New Kingdom period (1550 B.C. - 1070 B.C.), but it did so using borrowed weapons technology. For much […]

by History.com Editors on December 1, 2020 at 6:00 pm

On December 17, 1892, Arthur Baldwin Turnure first publishes a new magazine, dedicated to “the ceremonial side of life” and targeted at “the sage as well as the debutante, men of […]

by History.com Editors on December 1, 2020 at 5:55 pm

On September 24, 1968, CBS airs the first episode of 60 Minutes, a show that would become a staple of the American media landscape. A pioneer of the “newsmagazine” format, 60 Minutes is […]

by History.com Editors on December 1, 2020 at 5:51 pm

By 2013, Netflix had already fundamentally changed the way Americans consumed movies and television. The service offered unlimited DVD rentals—and, starting in 2007, direct streaming of many of […]

by Lois Ellen Frank on November 30, 2020 at 6:49 pm

Native people pass down information—including food traditions—from one generation to the next through stories, histories, legends and myths. Native elders teach younger generations how to […]

by History.com Editors on November 24, 2020 at 10:57 pm

After more than five years of fundraising, shooting, and editing, the documentary Paris is Burning debuts in New York City on March 13, 1991. The groundbreaking look at the culture and characters […]

by History.com Editors on November 24, 2020 at 10:51 pm

After enduring a brief but grueling stint as a Bunny in Manhattan's Playboy Club, feminist writer Gloria Steinem published the first half of her landmark account, "A Bunny's Tale," in […]

by Bryan Pollard on November 23, 2020 at 9:57 pm

The American Civil War wasn’t just a conflict between citizens of the Union and the Confederacy. Spilling over into Indian Territory, on the western frontier of the war, it profoundly divided […]

by Sarah Pruitt on November 23, 2020 at 7:37 pm

The peaceful transfer of power from one president to the next is a hallmark of American democracy. After John Adams was inaugurated as second president of the United States in 1797, he […]

by History.com Editors on November 20, 2020 at 7:17 pm

Dr. Jill Biden is a longtime educator, the wife of the 46th U.S. president-elect and former vice president, Joe Biden, and the future first lady of the United States. From 2009-17, as second lady of […]

by Becky Little on November 20, 2020 at 5:12 pm

The formal end of the apartheid government in South Africa was hard-won. It took decades of activism from both inside and outside the country, as well as international economic pressure, to end the […]

by Madison Horne on November 19, 2020 at 7:13 pm

When photographer Frank Hurley signed on to document British explorer Ernest Shackleton’s expedition to the South Pole in 1914, he knew he’d be capturing some of the earliest images of […]

by Lesley Kennedy on November 18, 2020 at 6:29 pm

Train robberies. Horse thievery. Cattle rustling. Shootouts. Cold-blooded murder. The most notorious outlaws of the Wild West have long been romanticized as daring robbers and swashbuckling killers […]

by Greg Daugherty on November 18, 2020 at 6:15 pm

When the RMS Titanic went down on the night of April 14-15, 1912, people on both sides of the Atlantic frantically awaited further news. The newspapers pieced together what little information they […]

by Dave Roos on November 18, 2020 at 1:28 pm

Sailing for more than two months across 3,000 miles of open ocean, the 102 passengers of the Mayflower—including three pregnant women and more than a dozen children—were squeezed below […]

by Jodi Rave on November 18, 2020 at 1:28 pm

The faces of four U.S. presidents gaze from a granite face mountain in the Black Hills of South Dakota. To some, Mount Rushmore is hailed as the “Shrine of Democracy.” To American […]

by Stephen Wood on November 17, 2020 at 3:37 pm

Queen Elizabeth II is one of the most famous and admired people on Earth. As the nominal leader of the United Kingdom since 1952—making her the country's longest-serving monarch—her […]

by Sarah Pruitt on November 16, 2020 at 5:26 pm

As Margaret Thatcher took office as Britain’s first female prime minister in May 1979, she confronted a nation mired in economic recession. Businesses were failing, and inflation and […]

by Christopher Klein on November 13, 2020 at 8:37 pm

When the Pilgrims set sail from Europe in 1620, several powerful reasons propelled them across the Atlantic Ocean to make new lives in America—but religious liberty was not their most pressing […]

by Lesley Kennedy on November 13, 2020 at 7:19 pm

The gruesome 1979 IRA assassination of a beloved British royal—which took place the same day as a deadly coordinated attack on British troops—led to outrage, heartbreak and a heightening […]

by Greg Daugherty on November 12, 2020 at 9:23 pm

No one knows exactly where Captain E.J. Smith was at 11:40 p.m. on Sunday, April 14, 1912. But witnesses said he appeared on the bridge of the Titanic just moments later, asking what the storied […]

by Sarah Pruitt on November 12, 2020 at 6:07 pm

Queen Elizabeth II is such an institution that it’s easy to forget she wasn’t supposed to have become queen at all. Born in 1926, Elizabeth was the daughter of King George V’s […]

on November 11, 2020 at 6:18 pm

Samuel F. Sandoval, one of the four surviving Navajo Code Talkers, discusses his military career and the Navajo language.Continue reading

on November 11, 2020 at 6:13 pm

Historian Zonnie Gorman, whose father was one of the original Navajo Code Talker, discusses the unit’s herculean efforts during World War II.Continue reading

by History.com Editors on November 11, 2020 at 5:23 pm

American RevolutionDuring the American Revolution, thousands of Black Americans fought—on both sides of the conflict. But unlike their white counterparts, they weren’t just fighting for […]

by Colette Coleman on November 11, 2020 at 1:06 pm

It was just a month since the Japanese had bombed Pearl Harbor. U.S. troops were arriving in Europe to join Allied forces in fighting Adolf Hitler’s invasions. The United States needed its […]

by Iván Román on November 11, 2020 at 12:52 am

As America’s Civil War raged, with the enslavement of millions of people hanging in the balance, African Americans didn’t just sit on the sidelines. Whether enslaved, escaped or born […]

by Lesley Kennedy on November 10, 2020 at 10:29 pm

Brad Meltzer can pinpoint the moment he became obsessed with conspiracy theories. His 11th grade history teacher had just announced every high schooler’s dream: movie day. “And then she […]

by Patrick J. Kiger on November 10, 2020 at 6:29 pm

While human civilization developed in many places around the world, it first emerged thousands of years ago in the ancient Middle East.  “We see the first cities, the first writing and […]

by Aaron Randle on November 10, 2020 at 3:06 pm

Rosie the Riveter—the steely-eyed World War II heroine with her red bandanna, blue coveralls and flexed bicep—stands as one of America’s most indelible military images. Positioned […]

by Sarah Pruitt on November 10, 2020 at 2:37 pm

Concluded during the nearly 100-year period from the Revolutionary War to the aftermath of the Civil War, some 368 treaties would define the relationship between the United States and Native […]

by Jessica Pearce Rotondi on November 9, 2020 at 2:46 pm

The royal wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer at St. Paul’s Cathedral on July 29, 1981 was watched by 750 million people around the world. Nicknamed “the wedding of the […]

by Becky Little on November 9, 2020 at 1:41 pm

When the delegates to the Constitutional Convention met in 1787 to debate what form of government the United States should have, there were no contemporary democracies in Europe from which they could […]

by Dave Roos on November 6, 2020 at 5:55 pm

Forty million years ago, horses first emerged in North America, but after migrating to Asia over the Bering land bridge, horses disappeared from this continent at least 10,000 years ago. So for […]

by Dave Roos on November 6, 2020 at 5:53 pm

When the men of the 42nd “Rainbow” Division rolled into the Bavarian town of Dachau at the tail end of World War II, they expected to find an abandoned training facility for Adolf […]

by Greg Daugherty on November 6, 2020 at 1:17 pm

In his decade as a professional actor, 26-year-old John Wilkes Booth played some of the most prestigious theaters in the United States. But the assassin of Abraham Lincoln delivered his final, and […]

by Farrell Evans on November 5, 2020 at 9:26 pm

When President Harry S. Truman signed Executive Order 9981 on July 26, 1948, calling for the desegregation of the U.S. Armed Forces, he repudiated 170 years of officially sanctioned discrimination. […]

by History.com Editors on September 16, 2020 at 2:57 pm

On November 8, 1994, 59 percent of California voters approve Proposition 187, banning undocumented immigrants from using the state’s major public services. Despite its wide margin of victory, […]

by History.com Editors on September 14, 2020 at 7:50 pm

The American Hispanic/Latinx history is a rich, diverse and long one, with immigrants, refugees and Spanish-speaking or indigenous people living in the United States since long before the nation was […]

by History.com Editors on September 11, 2020 at 6:55 pm

Hispanic Heritage Month is an annual celebration of the history and culture of the U.S. Latinx and Hispanic communities. The event, which spans from September 15 to October 15, commemorates how those […]

by History.com Editors on September 2, 2020 at 8:37 pm

On September 6, 2018 an off-duty Dallas police officer fatally shoots an unarmed Black man in the victim's own apartment.  Returning to her apartment complex in Dallas, Texas, police officer […]

by History.com Editors on August 27, 2020 at 3:30 pm

On August 29, 1970, more than 20,000 Mexican-Americans march through East Los Angeles to protest the Vietnam War. The Chicano Moratorium, as this massive protest was known, was peaceful until […]

by History.com Editors on August 19, 2020 at 2:11 pm

On August 21, 1980, animal rights advocates Ingrid Newkirk and Alex Pacheco found People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals. Rising from humble beginnings, PETA will soon become the world’s […]

by History.com Editors on August 6, 2020 at 4:45 pm

On August 9, 2014, police officer Darren Wilson shoots and kills Michael Brown, an unarmed Black teenager, in Ferguson, Missouri, a suburb of St. Louis. Protests and riots ensue in Ferguson and soon […]

by History.com Editors on August 3, 2020 at 5:16 pm

On August 8, 2008, a long-simmering conflict between Russia and Georgia boiled over into a shooting war between the small Caucasian nation and the superpower of which it was once a part. The brief […]

by History.com Editors on August 3, 2020 at 5:09 pm

A mass shooting takes place early in the morning in Dayton, Ohio on August 4, 2019. The killing of nine people and the injuries of 27 was significant in its own right, but this mass shooting was […]

by History.com Editors on July 28, 2020 at 7:27 pm

On August 1, 1943, 177 B-24 bombers take off from an Allied base in Libya, bound for the oil-producing city Ploiești, Romania, nicknamed “Hitler’s gas station.” The daring […]

by History.com Editors on July 20, 2020 at 4:34 pm

President Harry S. Truman signs Executive Order 9981—ending discrimination in the military—on July 26, 1948. Truman’s order ended a long-standing practice of segregating Black […]

by History.com Editors on July 20, 2020 at 3:56 pm

On July 26, 1990, President George H.W. Bush signs the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the most sweeping affirmation of rights for the disabled in American history at the time, into law. As […]

by History.com Editors on July 15, 2020 at 8:43 pm

On July 17, 2014, two New York Police Department officers confront Eric Garner, a 43-year-old African American father of six, for illegally selling cigarettes. Garner dies after losing consciousness […]

by History.com Editors on July 10, 2020 at 4:43 pm

On July 10, 2015, Texas State Trooper Brian Encinia pulls over a 28-year-old Black woman, Sandra Bland, for failing to signal a lane change. After a heated encounter, he arrests her and takes her to […]

by History.com Editors on July 10, 2020 at 2:37 pm

Outraged and saddened after the acquittal of George Zimmerman, the Florida man who killed a Black teenager in 2012, Oakland, California resident Alicia Garza posts a message on Facebook on July […]

by History.com Editors on July 8, 2020 at 4:13 pm

Niagara Movement members begin meeting on the Canadian side of the Niagara Falls. This all-African American group of scholars, lawyers and businessmen came together for three days to create what […]

by History.com Editors on June 30, 2020 at 6:28 pm

On the morning of July 2, 1937, Amelia Earhart and her navigator, Fred Noonan, took off from Lae, New Guinea, on one of the last legs in their historic attempt to circumnavigate the globe. Their next […]

by History.com Editors on June 23, 2020 at 7:36 pm

June 26, 2015 marks a major milestone for civil rights in the United States, as the Supreme Court announces its decision in Obergefell v. Hodges. By one vote, the court rules that same-sex marriage […]