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The Naked Hot Air Balloon Aeronauts Who Conquered High Altitude Mayhem
In the 15th century, Leonardo da Vinci dreamed of people flying through the air, but it wasn’t until 19 September 1783 that history’s first aerostatic flight was achieved by the Montgolfier brothers at Versailles. While aerodynamics refers to the study of gases in motion, within any given system, aerostatics refers to the study of gases that are not in motion. Da Vinci’s dreams of people flying in the air manifested on November 21, 1783, in the form of the ‘aerostatic-globe’ – now known as a hot air balloon.
ashley cowie - 25/05/2022 - 18:58
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The Masebe Mountains in Africa Speak Their Ancient Names
Africa is a continent where its people are in spiritual communication with the soul of the land, as typically illustrated in the Masebe Nature Reserve in the Limpopo province of South Africa. Anthropologist, professor Chris Boonzaaier of the University of Pretoria, together with professor Harry Wels of the Vrije Universiteit van Amsterdam, explored how the inhabitants of an area enter into a dialogue with their natural surroundings, incorporating their legends, myths and their recollection of ancient memories. In the Maseb
Chris Boonzaaier - 18/04/2018 - 15:42
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Author Details Institutionalized Murder and Violence in Ancient Rome
Shocking, disturbing and wholly ungodly methods of murder in ancient Rome have been brought together in a brutally graphic new book. Dr. Emma Southon is a historian at the University of Birmingham in England and in her new book, A Fatal Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum: Murder in Ancient Rome, the author explores various modes of murder in ancient Rome.
ashley cowie - 30/03/2021 - 22:56
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Star Paths Likely Guided Minoan Culture
... Athenian youth into the labyrinth built by Daedalus to feed the Minotaur until Athenian hero Theseus killed the ...
Sahir - 03/03/2023 - 17:58
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From Pits to Flushes: The Strange History of Toilets (Video)
... diverting waste into pig pens, converting it into pig feed and later fertilizer. Romans, ever social, gathered ...
Robbie Mitchell - 10/09/2023 - 17:02
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Tomb of the Tattooed Sorceress Queen, The Lady of Cao
The day had been spent in ritual battles, and a group of individuals who were vanquished, naked, and tied-together were marched up the long stairs to the top platform of the great pyramid where there they were killed, throats cut, sacrificed to their supreme deity.
margaretmoose - 07/01/2014 - 07:28
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Why Ghosts Haunt England at Christmas but Steer Clear of America
A few years ago, the Downton Abbey Christmas special featured a ouija board which communicated a message from a dead character. American reviewers were extremely puzzled by this incursion of the supernatural, while British reviewers found it unexceptional. Indeed, few bothered even to mention it. Why?
ancient-origins - 19/12/2016 - 03:45
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Corn, Cotton and Chocolate: How the Maya Changed the World
... Maya science has changed the world. Maya Cultivars now feed and clothe the majority of the world’s population. ...
ancient-origins - 12/09/2020 - 04:13
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Did Ancient Irrigation Technology Travel Silk Road?
Using satellite imaging and drone reconnaissance, archaeologists from Washington University in St. Louis have discovered an ancient irrigation system that allowed a farming community in arid northwestern China to raise livestock and cultivate crops in one of the world’s driest desert climates.
ancient-origins - 06/01/2018 - 01:58
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Wickliffe Mounds: A Pre-Columbian Native American Site
... and corn was a staple crop that was stored and used to feed the dense population that occupied the site. The ...
chickasaw - 12/07/2014 - 02:55
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Incubi and Succubi: Crushing Nightmares and Sex-Craving Demons – Part I
... diverse cultures have spoken of vampire-like demons that feed off of human energy and attack their victims at night. ...
Alicia McDermott - 24/06/2016 - 15:51
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New Orleans Vampires: History and Legend (Haunted America)
... pair of brothers terrorized the town with their desire to feed on living human blood during the Great Depression. ...
ancient-origins - 05/09/2019 - 04:54
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New Research Shows Maya Civilization Could Have Survived Droughts
... of the need to cultivate more land to grow more crops to feed a growing population at a time when crop yields were ...
Nathan Falde - 06/01/2022 - 14:00
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Life and Death in the Harem: China's Imperial Concubines (Video)
... many concubines as he could afford to house, clothe, and feed, and frequently, a man's wealth and power were partly ...
Robbie Mitchell - 02/05/2023 - 16:51
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Jousting Horses Ridden by English Knights Came from Mainland Europe
... England Were Shockingly Small, Research Reveals How Do You Feed a Massive Medieval Army and Their Horses? (Video) This ...
Nathan Falde - 25/03/2024 - 21:53
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Ancient Mound At Poverty Point, La. Built With Surprising Speed, Archaeologists Say
... together a group of nearly 10,000 people, find some way to feed them and get this mound built in a matter of months," ...
ancient-origins - 16/02/2013 - 21:53
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Previously Unknown Lines to the Epic of Gilgamesh discovered in Stolen Cuneiform Tablet
An Assyriologist at the University of London (UCL) has discovered that a stolen clay tablet inscribed with ancient cuneiform text that was recently acquired by a museum in Iraq, contains 20 previously unknown lines to the epic story of Gilgamesh, the oldest known epic poem and widely regarded as the first great work of literature ever created. The discovery provides new details about Gilgamesh, king of Uruk, and Enkidu, a wild man created by the gods to rid Gilgamesh of his arrogance, as they travel to the Cedar Forest, home of the
aprilholloway - 03/10/2015 - 21:47
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Science Slept Sixteen Centuries - And What It Achieved When It Woke: From Greek Science to Quantum Systems
Science Slept Sixteen Centuries is a book for the reader who wants to learn what physics is all about - and for the person who has taken a few physics courses in high school, but wants to learn more about its diverse theories and historical development.
ancient-origins - 12/08/2016 - 15:44
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Family Accidentally Discovers 2,000-Year-Old Roman Stables in Their Backyard
... could have been tied, and a stone trough used for water or feed. Interestingly, the caves are about three meters below ...
Theodoros Karasavvas - 03/11/2017 - 21:52
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Making America Great Again, With Some Seriously Ancient Trash Talk
... bones and vegetable matter. Food waste was used to feed animals and put in the ground to decompose. The oldest ...
ashley cowie - 02/10/2018 - 19:07