Let’s Hear It for Queer Vikings!
The Vikings: for most of us, they’re the peak of cis-het masculinity. But increasingly, research is showing that this simply wasn’t the case. I’m a Viking historian. I study queerness … Read more
History
HISTORY: The Real Dracula
Legends of Vampires go back centuries, but few names have cast more terror into the human heart than Dracula. However the fictional character, created by author Bram Stoker, was in … Read more
HISTORY: Were Witches Really Burned at the Stake in Salem?
Between 1692 and 1693, accusations of witchcraft were made in and around the town of Salem in Massachusetts, leading to the arrests of about 150 people. These charges were taken … Read more
Where Everybody Knows Your Name Is Walt Whitman—–Jeff Baker: Boogieman In Lavender
Where Everybody Knows Your Name is Walt Whitman by Jeff Baker Laugh on laughers! Drink on drinkers! Bandy the jest! Toss the theme from one to another! Beam up—Brighten up, … Read more
HISTORY: Greece’s Gay Warrior Army
In the fourth century BC, a fearsome army named the Sacred Band of Thebes was formed, and it was made up entirely of gay couples. Lawmakers in countries across the … Read more
HISTORY: The World’s Oldest-Known Porn Was Super Queer
On a huge red basalt outcrop in the remote Xinjiang region of northwest China, the world’s oldest porn, the Kangjiashimenji Petroglyphs, can be found – and they’re super queer. The … Read more
Did a 13,000 Year Old Comet Strike Change Human History?
Could a devastating comet impact in Earth’s distant past have forever changed human civilization? Scientists think that a cluster of comet shards may have smashed into Earth’s surface 13,000 years … Read more
Real Life Atlantis
Humans need water to survive, and so access to this precious natural resource has been an important factor in deciding where we have made our homes throughout history. Building near … Read more
Rich People Destroyed Their Own feet With Pointy Shoes in Medieval England – All for Fashion
Being fashionable usually comes at a cost, and stylish people toward the end of the Middle Ages in Britain paid a steep price for wearing pointy shoes. Pointy-shoe wearers often … Read more
New Stonehenge Discovery Echoes Merlin’s Tale
The earliest megalithic circle at Stonehenge was first built in the west of Wales more than 5,000 years ago, before its stones were dug up and dragged over 140 miles … Read more