Before the internet and telephone, societies relied on homing pigeons to relay important news across long distances. Here are ...

In the early hours of May 12, 1926, the navigator of the Norge cried “Here we are!” The airship had reached the North Pole.

SASEBO, Nagasaki Prefecture--Nearly all members of the Imperial Japanese Navy who participated in the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor are now gone, but a wireless telegraphy station said to have ...

Explore the history of the BBC since its foundation in 1922 to the present day Explore more than 100 years of the BBC’s history – click on our interactive timeline or investigate a topical ...

Today's object: Mummy of Hornedjitef British Museum Mummy and coffins of a priest who lived over 1,000 years after Tutankhamun and Ramesses the Great. Weekly theme: Making us human Looking at the ...

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