Women wore corsets for form, function and support
Singer Billie Eilish’s new look for British Vogue, in which she trades her baggy clothes for lingerie — most notably …
History
Medieval battles prove United Kingdom still united
Second only to COVID-19 recovery, the continued unity of the United Kingdom is the key political issue across the British …
Dead Sea Scrolls: two scribes probably wrote one of the manuscripts
Ever since the Dead Sea Scrolls were accidentally discovered over 70 years ago in a cave in Israel, they have …
SA hunters may have been symbolic in choosing bones for arrows
Animals have long played an important symbolic role in human societies. They feature prominently in myths and folklore throughout …
An appreciation of Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
Imagine trying to cope with a pandemic like COVID-19 in a world where microscopic life was unknown. Prior to the …
Archaeology explains persistence of Muslim cuisine after conquest of Granada
Granada, in southern Spain’s Andalusia region, was the final remnant of Islamic Iberia known as al-Andalus – a territory that …
Prince Philip dies: his marriage to the Queen and their part in history
In November 1947, a dynastic union was forged between the royal houses of Greece and Great Britain. It would be …
Forgotten settlement in the Cradle of Humankind
About 50km outside South Africa’s biggest city, Johannesburg, lies one of the most important sites in human prehistory: the Cradle …
Southern Kalahari was important to human evolution
The Kalahari is a huge expanse of desert in southern Africa, stretching across Botswana and into the northernmost part of …
History of divisive ethnic identities shows it’s time Nigeria admits its role in enforcing them
The Nigerian state, as with other African countries, is trapped in a crisis of belonging. This is expressed through identity …
Environmental change may have played a role at the dawn of Egyptian history – here’s how
Around 5,000 years ago (c. 3100 BC), what we know today as Ancient Egypt came into existence. A thousand …
