The Rosetta Stone reveals Egypt’s past
TO LISTEN TO THIS WHOLE POST, CLICK HERE – On this day in 1799 the Rosetta Stone was found in a village in Egypt.... Read More
Julius Caesar starts the fashion for dictatorship
On this day in 100BC Julius Caesar was born. Nearly two thousand years later, the name of this man still stands for power and military... Read More
Lady Godiva, Coventry’s streaker
On this day in 1040 Lady Godiva rode naked on horseback through Coventry, according to legend, to force her husband, the Earl of Mercia, to... Read More
Charles Darwin shakes the world
To listen to this post, click here – On this day in 1859 Charles Darwin published On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural... Read More
Ivan Pavlov, physiologist and dog feeder
To listen to this post, click here – On this day in 1849 the Russian physiologist Ivan Pavlov was born. During the 1890s Pavlov was... Read More