Omayra Sánchez: The Girl the World Couldn’t Save
Omayra Sánchez: The 13-Year-Old Girl the World Could Not Save On the night of November...
World History
The Year Without a Summer (1816)
Introduction Imagine waking up in June and seeing snow outside your window. Farmers look at...
The Great Smog of London (1952)
Introduction Imagine waking up in London and finding the city covered in a thick yellow-gray...
The Catacombs of Paris: The Hidden City Beneath France
Introduction Beneath the beautiful streets of Paris lies a world that few visitors ever see....
The Sumerians: The World’s First Civilization
Introduction Long before the pyramids of Egypt rose above the desert and centuries before the...
The Black Death: The Deadliest Pandemic in Human History
Introduction Imagine waking up one morning with a high fever and painful swellings on your...
The Nazca Lines: The Giant Desert Mystery of Peru
What Are the Nazca Lines? Imagine flying over a quiet desert in Peru. At first,...
The Piri Reis Map: The 500-Year-Old Map That Shouldn’t Exist
Introduction In 1929, a group of historians were cleaning out an old storage room in...
The Library of Alexandria: The Greatest Library Ever Lost
Introduction Imagine a place where the world’s greatest thinkers gathered under one roof, where thousands...
Julius Caesar: The Leader Who Changed Rome
Introduction Julius Caesar was an important person in history. He was great at fighting wars....