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Most mainstream paleontologists and geologists place dinosaurs on earthās timeline at around 220 million and 65 million years ago, during the Mesozoic Era. Homo sapiens on the other hand, do not appea... View More
The Immense Collection of Strange Acambaro Figurines: Evidence of Dinosaurs Living Among Us?
Most mainstream paleontologists and geologists place dinosaurs on earthās timeline at around 220 million and 65 million years ago, during the Mesozoic Era. Homo sapiens on the other hand, do not appea...
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If you could meet and interview one person from Byzantine history, who would it be and why?, with Fotini Kondyli and Alexander Sarantis - Medievalists.net
If we had the chance to meet and debrief one person who had experienced some part of it first-hand, who would it be? What person would answer the burning questions that we have? Who would alert us to ...
Ethiopia and Europe in the Middle Ages, with Verena Krebs - Medievalists.net
Among the most powerful kingdoms in the medieval period was Solomonic Ethiopia, a Christian kingdom that sought out contact with Western Europe in the Late Middle Ages. This week on The Medieval Podca...
The Huntington acquires 16th century sea chart of Scotland - Medievalists.net
The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens has announced the purchase of a copy of the first printed sea chart and navigational guide for Scotland.
Online medieval cooking course to take place this summer - Medievalists.net
An interactive five-day online medieval cookery course with recipes from theĀ Forme of Cury, the most famous English cookbook of the Middle Ages, is being hosted by Blackfriars Restaurant in Newcastle ...
4 years ago
Ferdowsi
Abolqasem Ferdowsi (l. c. 940-1020 CE, also given as Abul-Qasem Ferdowsi Tusi, Firdawsi, Firdausi) is the author of the Shahnameh (The Persian Book of Kings), one of the greatest works of world litera...
Suppliants by Euripides
The SuppliantsĀ (also given as Suppliant Women) is a Greek tragedy written byĀ Euripides, not to be confused withĀ Aeschylusā tragedy of the same title. Its exact date of production...
A restored medieval kitchen inside Verrucole Castle, Tuscany. Food preservation methods were basically the same as had been used since antiquity, and did not change much until the invention of the can... View More
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#OTD 1498 Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama arrives at Calicut, India becoming the first European to reach India by sea
BBC - History - Vasco da Gama
Discover facts about Vasco Da Gama the explorer and navigator, and the first person to sail directly from Europe to India.
5 years ago
Today in 1498, Vasco da Gama reached Calicut, India. After rounding the Cape of Good Hope, this made him the first European to reach India traveling by sea and would open up Portuguese domination over... View More
Europe and the Mediterranean region, c. 1328. This was the beginning of the period known as the Late Middle Ages. It is a period where the growth of Europe stopped, wars, famine and the black death re... View More
Game of Thrones: The Final Scorecard - Medievalists.net
Well, our collective 11-year journey has finally ended, the Iron Throne has been won...
How to criticize: The Chronicle of Constantine Manasses - Medievalists.net
Few can match the 12th century chronicler Constantine Manasses when it comes to inventive ways to criticize a ruler.
6 years ago
A barbed arrow point made of antler with a copper end blade was discovered sticking out of an ice patch in Canadaās southern Yukon.
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Late Neolithic/Early Bronze Age burials discovered in southwest China - The Archaeology News Network
Archaeologists in southwest China's Yunnan Province have discovered 14 rare tombs believed to be from between the late Neolithic and Early ...
Today in #history: The First Council of Nicaea is formally opened, starting the first ecumenical council of the #Christian Church. (325 CE) #OTD
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Understanding Andean concepts of death and renewal - The Archaeology News Network
Research in the Andes has yielded evidence for a complex association between settlement sites and mortuary monuments, tied to concepts of d...
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High-definition archaeology reveals secrets of the earliest cities - The Archaeology News Network
You may not have noticed, but a revolution is underway in archaeology. In the recent years, archaeologists have begun to integrate new meth...
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The Sweetest Day and the Marriage of the Sun Ā« SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
Homer,Ā Od. 6.181-185 āMay the gods grant as much as you desire in your thoughts, A husband and home, and may they give you fine likemindness, For nothing is better and stronger than this When two pā¦
On this day in 1588, the Spanish "#InvincibleArmada"-130 ships carrying 2,500 guns & 30,000 men, two-thirds of them soldiers-set sail from Lisbon on a mission to secure control of the English Channel ... View More
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Early evidence of use of a bit on domestic donkeys found in the Near East | EurekAlert! Science News
Donkeys may have worn bits as early as the third millennium BCE, long before the introduction of horses in the ancient Near East, according to a study published May 16, 2018 in the open-access journal...
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Logistics in Ancient Greek Warfare, by Professor (ret.) David Charters
LOGISTICS IN ANCIENT GREEK WARFARE, by Professor (ret.) David Charters ā UNB 2018 Travel Study in Greece
āAmateurs talk strategy; professionals talk logisticsā Logistics is the process of sustaining military forces on operations. Simply put, itās all about supplies. Armies, navies and (today) air forcā¦
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'Made in Chinaā label helps archaeologists solve 800-year-old mystery shipwreck | The Independent
An 800-year-old "made in China"Ā label has helped archaeologists pinpoint when an ancient merchant ship sunk. After a fisherman discovered a lost treasure-trove of ancient ceramics off the coast of Ind...
7 years ago
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Life of Hittites to be revived with village - ARCHAEOLOGY
A Hittite village will be established in the Central Anatolian province of Ćorumās BoÄazkale in an effort to provide a taste of the ancient past.
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Returning large Alaskan archaeological haul found āfrozen in timeā ā HeritageDaily ā Heritage & Archaeology News
A huge collection of artefacts 'frozen in time' which offer a unique insight into the indigenous people of Alaska will be returned to the region by the University of Aberdeen.
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Returning large Alaskan archaeological haul found āfrozen in timeā ā HeritageDaily ā Heritage & Archaeology News
A huge collection of artefacts 'frozen in time' which offer a unique insight into the indigenous people of Alaska will be returned to the region by the University of Aberdeen.
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Mothers blinded their children to save them from a life of servitude to the Spanish.
The Revolutionary Power of Andean Folk Tales - SAPIENS
Myth, memory, and history meet in the colonial sweatshops of the Andes.