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1. Calling Medieval Foodies! Online Courses for Cooking Medieval Food

   ... its decline in scientific accomplishments, culture, education, and a rise of superstition, religious zealotry and ...

   ashley cowie - 23/11/2020 - 16:58

2. The Fallen Women: Were Victorian Prostitutes Really Fallen?

   ... even caused by STDs. As there was no "proper" sexual education in this time, excessive sexual dalliances were ...

   Riley Winters - 12/10/2016 - 14:41

3. Ancient Babylonian Reborn After Having Been Silenced for 2000 Years

   ... curriculum alive that defines greatness in the field of education.  George Heath-Whyte as Gimil-Ninurta in The Poor ...

   ashley cowie - 29/11/2018 - 18:59

4. An Intriguing Empire: The Lasting Impression of the Nomadic Liao Dynasty on Chinese Culture

   ... Dynasty. [Online] Available at: http://asiasociety.org/education/chinas-liao-dynasty China Travel Depot, 2015. Liao ...

   dhwty - 27/09/2017 - 13:58

5. First Humans in New England May Have Met and Hunted Woolly Mammoths

   Did humans and woolly mammoths share the same territory near the end of the last Ice Age in what is now the Northeastern United States? A new study from Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire, has given scientists reason to believe they might have, at least for a short time. 

   Nathan Falde - 05/03/2021 - 21:54

6. Band Posters of the Renaissance: How Medieval Music Fans Showed off Their Taste

   ... prized as a leadership quality and a sign of a good education. ‘Orpheus Charming the Animals’ (1613) by Jacob ...

   ancient-origins - 27/05/2017 - 23:03

7. Saint Hildegard of Bingen – Visionary, Mystic, Writer, and Composer

   ... local nobles sent their daughters to study under her. The education that the girls received from Jutta was quite ...

   dhwty - 16/02/2020 - 14:02

8. Amazing Reconstruction Shows Daily Life Around Angkor Wat in Remarkable and Beautiful Detail

   ... some see Chandler's virtual Angkor as a possible future education tool, while others take a step further and suggest ...

   Theodoros Karasavvas - 01/05/2017 - 22:50

9. Australopithecus Fossils Found East of the Great Rift Valley

   New fossils from Kenya suggest that an early hominid species -- Australopithecus afarensis -- lived far eastward beyond the Great Rift Valley and much farther than previously thought. An international team of paleontologists led by Emma Mbua of Mount Kenya University and Masato Nakatsukasa of Kyoto University report findings of fossilized teeth and forearm bone from an adult male and two infant A. afarensis from an exposure eroded by the Kantis River in Ongata-Rongai, a settlement in the outskirts of Nairobi.

   ancient-origins - 25/03/2016 - 23:46

10. The Ming Dynasty Concubines: A Life of Abuse, Torture and Murder for Thousands of Women

    The Chinese Ming Dynasty lasted for 276 years (1368 – 1644 AD), and has been described as “one of the greatest eras of orderly government and social stability in human history.” This dynasty became a global superpower, undertaking major sea expeditions before Christopher Columbus, and producing books before the invention of the printing press in Britain. While this dynasty was praised for its stability and innovation there was a darker more gruesome underbelly.

    Veronica Parkes - 02/07/2018 - 15:05

11. A Step Closer to the Mysterious Origin of the Viking Sword Ulfberht

    ... expert  K. Kris Hirst  in an  article written for About Education . It was a kind of alchemy.  Hirst cited a study ...

    ancient-origins - 16/12/2014 - 00:45

12. Amalasuntha: The Comely and Quick-Witted Queen of the Ostrogoths Whose Life Ended in Tragedy

    ... Whilst she wanted her son to receive a classical Roman education in law, rhetoric, and the humanities, the nobles ...

    dhwty - 15/01/2017 - 03:51

13. Who Was Ibn Sina and Why is He a Google Doodle?

    ... Ibn Sina does seem to demonstrate, “a life devoted to education and the spirit of learning for the betterment of ...

    Alicia McDermott - 07/08/2018 - 20:20

14. East Yorkshire Site Yields a Possible Medieval Alehouse or Hostel

    ... Among the students involved were those from a special education needs school, and local Brownies and Rainbows ...

    Sahir - 29/08/2022 - 22:48

15. Herodotus, Cato the Censor and Josephus: Understanding the Life and Times of Historians of the Ancient World

    ... relied on story-telling by way of gaining knowledge and education. It was therefore to be expected that he would have ...

    MartiniF - 20/10/2016 - 17:08

16. Anglo Saxon Women’s Wills: Freeing The Enslaved As Testimony Of Piety

    ... is a Research Fellow (Adjunct) at Ashridge Executive Education, Hult International Business School. Her earlier ...

    Viki Holton - 06/12/2023 - 17:30

17. From Dividing Biblical Lands to Avoiding Execution In Rome, Public Life Has a Long History of Lotteries

    On the 19th of November 1994, the first draw of the UK’s National Lottery took place. The jackpot was worth £5.8 million and was shared between seven ticket holders. The history of lotteries, however, dates much further back. While today’s lottery winners win a monetary prize, this was not always the case, as prizes of a different sort were often offered by lotteries in the past.

    dhwty - 10/01/2019 - 22:58

18. The Blombos Rocks: are they Crude Imitations of an Original Australian artifact?

    ... sections of Original pre-history. Throughout our evolving education I maintained one concern, if the experts are indeed ...

    strong - 20/08/2014 - 23:28

19. Anglo-Saxon Bed Burials And Grandmother’s Featherbed

    ... is a Research Fellow (Adjunct) at Ashridge Executive Education, Hult International Business School. Her earlier ...

    Viki Holton - 29/12/2023 - 20:45

20. Cuauhtémoc, The Last Aztec Emperor to Fight Against the Spanish

    Cuauhtémoc (meaning ‘Setting Sun’ or ‘Descending Eagle’) was the 11th Tlatoani (literally meaning ‘speaker’, but may also be translated as ‘king’) of Tenochtitlan, and the last ruler of the Aztec Empire. Cuauhtémoc ruled between 1520 and 1521, which was a time when the Spanish conquistadors were on the verge of subduing the Aztec Empire. Cuauhtémoc chose not to surrender to the invaders, but fought fiercely against them.

    dhwty - 28/02/2016 - 21:53

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