January 2016

The Incas, though never numbering more than 100,000 as an ethnic group, succeeded in creating the largest native empire in the New World until 1533. ‘Capacocha’ was the Inca practice of human sacrifice and recent discoveries in 1995 and 1999 have prompted further questions into this culture. In 1995, a frozen girl was found on […]

The Irish Republican Army – of which the Provisional IRA is a branch – is perhaps the most infamous terrorist organization in Britain. Formed in the 20th Century, the group was not afraid to resort to violence to achieve its ultimate goal of a reunified Ireland. Although various truces with the PIRA were negotiated, these […]