Best History Articles

Everything has its beginning. And if you believe that time starts from somewhere, also consider the beginning of time measurements. Early people have devised a system to tell the exact date. But a device that exactly tells the precise time comes much later. Water clocks, sundials, and candle clocks are the earliest instruments that somehow manage to tell time but accuracy is far from achievable. In the 13th century, weight-driven clocks were developed. It used gears w...

Before strain gage-based load cells became the method of choice for industrial weighing applications, mechanical lever scales were widely used. Around 7000BC equal armed balance scale used by Sumerians for weighing precious metals and gems. The balance consists of a beam oscillating around a fulcrum and carrying a pan at each end. Weighing involves comparing standard weights of known mass with an object of unknown mass There are records from around 3000 BC showing that balance scales were used b

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On the 6 June 1944 the greatest seaborne invasion the world has ever known took place on the Calvados Coast of Normandy, France. This invasion was the beginning of the end of the Second World War and the 6 June 1944 will be forever known as D-Day. This article is an account of the first action that took place at the Caen Canal and River Orne Bridges near Benouville, France. It tells the true story of the coup-de-main assault by British Glider-borne soldiers to capture these two vital bridges.

In Egyptian mythology, Aker (also spelt Akar) was one of the earliest gods worshipped, and was the deification of the horizon. There are strong indications that Aker was worshipped before other known Egyptian gods of the earth, such as Geb.

Rather than making resolutions that are doomed to fail once again why not do something different this year? Start a personal revolution. In order to get different results in our lives what has to change? We do! ?Revolution; n. 1 a drastic and far reaching change in ways of thinking and behaving.? The article lays out a plan to achieve far reaching change and encourages the reader to daily ask this, "what one thing?"

In Egyptian mythology, Bast (also spelt Ubasti, and Pasht) is an ancient goddess, worshipped at least since the Second Dynasty. The centre of her cult was in Per-Bast (Bubastis in Greek), which was named after her. Originally she was viewed as the protector goddess of Lower Egypt, and consequently depicted as a fierce lion. Indeed, her name means (female) devourer.

A detailed history of the native Hickory tree.

All about the Egyptian god Aken

Christmas is coming and so is Mistletoe. Gear up for some fun under the sprig and catch anyone you can for a kiss. There's more to mistletoe than that, but don't let that stop you. So, what is it going to be this year... a kiss or a miss ?