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Women scientists during the Scientific Revolution (1500-1700) were few in number because male-dominated educational institutions, as well as scientific societies and academies, barred women entry, meaning that few had the education or opportunity...

Marie Antoinette (l. 1755-1793) was the queen of France during the turbulent final years of the Ancien Régime and the subsequent French Revolution (1789-1799). With the ascension of her husband Louis XVI of France (r. 1774-1792), she became...

K'inich Janaab' Pakal (23 March 603 CE - 31 March 683 CE) was the Maya king of Palenque in the modern-day State of Chiapas, Mexico. Also known as Pacal (which means 'shield') and Pacal the Great, he is most famous for raising the city of...

Maria Reiche with a large aerial photo of Nazca Lines. She was a German-born Peruvian mathematician and archaeologist best known for her research into the Nazca Lines. Date of photograph is unknown. Image credit: The Maria Reiche Foundation...

Blessed Hildegard of Bingen (German: Hildegard von Bingen) (1098 — 17 September 1179), also known as Saint Hildegard, and Sibyl of the Rhine, was a Christian mystic, German Benedictine abbess, visionary, and polymath. Elected a magistra...

Maria Reiche with Paul Kosok in 1939 CE. Image credit: The Maria Reiche Foundation. Maria Reiche was a German-born Peruvian mathematician and archaeologist best known for her research on the Nazca Lines. Paul Kosok was an American professor...

The Vrouw Maria (or Lady Maria) wrecked off the Finnish coast en route from Amsterdam to St. Petersburg in Autumn 1771 CE.

According to UNESCO, an estimated three million shipwrecks are scattered in the oceans’ deep canyons, trenches, and coral reefs and remain undiscovered. These shipwrecks preserve historical information and provide clues about how people lived...

The World Heritage-listed Nazca lines are a well-known part of the ancient heritage of Peru. One woman spent over 50 years studying and protecting them. Ana Maria Cogorno Mendoza shares the story of Dr Maria Reiche. The lines and geoglyphs...

A 1619 portrait by Michiel Jansz of Maria Eleonora of Brandenburg (l.1599-1655) who married the king of Sweden Gustavus Adolphus (r. 1611-1632) in 1620. (Gripsholm Castle, Södermanland, Sweden)