Category: History
2005: Live 8 Goes Global
On July 2, 2005, Live 8 turned pop culture into a synchronized global broadcast across the G8 nations and South Africa.
The Antikythera Mechanism Was an Ancient Calculator
A corroded Greek device recovered from a shipwreck tracked astronomical cycles with complex gears.
The Library of Ashurbanipal Preserved Epic Literature
Clay tablets from ancient Nineveh preserved texts including versions of the Epic of Gilgamesh.