Reading Ancient Mail isn’t Snooping, Right?

Reading Ancient Mail isn’t Snooping, Right?

Late in the fall of 1896, Bernard Grenfell and Arthur Hunt, scholars fresh from Oxford took the steamer to Cairo. They wanted to become Famous Archaeologists during a period when the British were fascinated by ancient Egyptian artifacts. So fascinated that said artifacts were disappearing from Egypt like sliced grapes from a toddler’s plate.  They decided to dig…

The Last Man on Earth, as told by a Trash Pile-The Story of Henderson Island

The Last Man on Earth, as told by a Trash Pile-The Story of Henderson Island

This is the story of the last person on earth, as told by a trash pile left on Henderson Island. Of course it’s a story from ancient history, so you and I know he wasn’t actually the last person, but he didn’t know that. He had every reason to believe he was the only human left, and he…

Man Chasing Chicken Discovers Ancient Underground City

Man Chasing Chicken Discovers Ancient Underground City

In 1963, a man in Derinkuyu, Turkey, couldn’t keep his chickens from disappearing. The chickens were kept in an apparently safe location; his basement. No wild animals, no place for the feathered beasts to hide, right? So where did they go? One day he entered the basement in time to see a fluffy feathered rear…