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How a 14th-Century Nun Faked Her Own Death
Published: 18/02/2019In the 14th century, York was the most important city in England , next to London . This northern hotspot was a center for international trade, particularly in the wool industry. Around the city, it w ... Read moreSource: www.atlasobscura.com -
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Found: A 50-Year-Old Scientific Message, Stuffed in a Bottle
Published: 18/02/2019Candy Duke and her husband, Jim, spend their weekends combing for treasure. They bring a lunch and make a day of it at the Padre Island National Seashore in Texas, keeping their eyes peeled for shells ... Read moreSource: www.atlasobscura.com -
Spectacular Royal Han Tombs Reveal Wealth and Glory of China’s Golden Age
Published: 18/02/2019The Han Dynasty was China’s second imperial dynasty and succeeded the Qin Dynasty. This dynasty ruled China for about 400 years, during which there were more than 20 emperors on the throne. Read more ... Read moreSource: www.ancient-origins.net
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Every Page of This Book Is a Slice of Cheese
Published: 18/02/2019What would a book look like if it were a work of art? The artists’ books collection at the University of Michigan offers almost a thousand answers: It could be a brown paper chrysalis than unfolds to ... Read moreSource: www.atlasobscura.com -
UK museums face mounting pressure to repatriate foreign items
Published: 18/02/2019Revealed : Natural History Museum asked to return remains to Gibraltar and Chile Neanderthal skulls and the remains of an extinct sloth named after Charles Darwin are among the items requested for rep ... Read moreSource: www.theguardian.com -
Still life thought to be fake Van Gogh is real
Published: 18/02/2019A still life painting long thought to be a fake has been authenticated as a genuine work by Vincent van Gogh by experts from the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam. Still Life with Fruit and Chestnuts has b ... Read moreSource: www.thehistoryblog.com
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Weekend Event: Dame Patricia Routledge [Leite De Rosas]
Published: 17/02/2019And it just so happens that today is my 30th birthday :) Read moreSource: vintage-ads.livejournal.com -
Sarah Wilson: The Trickster Who Rose from Convict to Princess
Published: 17/02/2019Sarah Wilson was an Englishwoman who made a name for herself during the 18 th century. The gist of her colorful story is that she was convicted of theft in England, sent to America as a prisoner, sold ... Read moreSource: www.ancient-origins.net -
There's a place for us: New research reveals humanity's roles in ecosystems
Published: 17/02/2019In two back-to-back symposia a cross-disciplinary cohort of scientists will present the first comprehensive investigations of how humans interacted with plant and animal species in different cultures ... Read moreSource: www.sciencedaily.com
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The Heliand: A Germanic Account of Jesus Written to Suit the Saxon World
Published: 17/02/2019One thing that can be said about the history of Christianity is that it has always been multicultural and multi-ethnic. Christianity is not tied to any one ethnic group or cultural tradition but has b ... Read moreSource: www.ancient-origins.net -
Cave Filled with Hundreds of Witches’ Marks Suggests People Used Magic to Counter Disease, Death, and Other Evils
Published: 17/02/2019Originally written off as graffiti, experts have now declared that the hundreds of markings of squares, letters, mazes, and lines in an English cave system are actually witches’ marks – apotropaic mar ... Read moreSource: www.ancient-origins.net -
Sensitive facade, feminist credentials, soulful lyrics… but what lies beneath? | Barbara Ellen
Published: 17/02/2019My music journalism past suggests that a #MeToo moment in rock is long overdue The allegations against the US singer-songwriter Ryan Adams are complex and gruesome. Sexually Skyping with someone who t ... Read moreSource: www.theguardian.com
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Chongoni Rock Art Offers Fascinating Insight into Mysterious Secret Society of the Chewa
Published: 17/02/2019Civilizations who have left no written records have in some cases left us with a way to understand their history and culture. The Chongoni Rock Art area, which contains a number of locations, is a uni ... Read moreSource: www.ancient-origins.net -
An Outstanding Narcissus Painting is Found in Pompeii… Would it Have Pleased Him?
Published: 16/02/2019In mythology, Narcissus became so enraptured with his own handsome appearance the thought of never obtaining the beauty he saw reflected back at him led to his demise. His self-love story has inspired ... Read moreSource: www.ancient-origins.net -
I fell for a “Swiss Private Collection” lie, dammit
Published: 16/02/2019My only excuse, and it’s a terrible one that you should throw back in my face in disgust, is that the Metropolitan Museum of Art fell for it too. Had they accepted a fraudulent ownership record ... Read moreSource: www.thehistoryblog.com
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Mesopotamian Magic: Ancient Tablets Reveal a World of Witches, Sorcerers and Exorcists
Published: 16/02/2019Ancient Mesopotamia was a vast region in Western Asia which has become known as the ‘cradle of civilization’ due to the huge number of feats the culture achieved. Agriculture, animal herding, and dome ... Read moreSource: www.ancient-origins.net -
Traces of the Past: Reenacting the Medieval Period in Argentina
Published: 16/02/2019What is the reason why more and more people participate in these events: historical curiosity, cultural immersion, entertainment, or all three of them? Read moreSource: www.medievalists.net -
The Zanj Revolt: A Slave War in Medieval Iraq
Published: 16/02/2019After generations of oppression, an army of slaves rose up to challenge the Abbasid Caliphate. Read moreSource: www.medievalists.net
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The Dare Stone - Hoax or History of the Lost Roanoke Colony?
Published: 16/02/2019In 1937, a man walked into the history department at Emory University with a stone in his hand that had a mysterious inscription, which he had supposedly found while driving through the woods of North ... Read moreSource: www.ancient-origins.net
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