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Did the Yuan Dynasty's Use of Paper Money Cause Hyperinflation?

... over a millennium before paper money first appeared in Europe, China experienced hyperinflation under the Yuan ...

Sahir - 04/01/2023 - 00:59

Unearthing Unexpected Fossil Usage in Ancient Medicine (Part 1): Ogre Balms to Dragon Tongues

Whenever a person thinks of fossils today, lively images of dinosaurs or other primordial beasts emerge within one's mind. Indeed, most people nowadays would connect fossils with museums, excavation digs, or research laboratories. However, people have viewed fossils very differently in the past; usually through wilder... more phantasmic interpretations.

Legendz Collective - 23/06/2017 - 19:04

The Dramatic History of the Kamianets-Podilskyi Castle in Ukraine: From Castle to Prison

... Unknown Ukraine, 2015. Kamianets-Podilskyi Castle of Europe. [Online] Available at: http://unknownukraine.com/kamianets-podilskyi-castle-europe/ www.castles.com.ua , 2015. Kamianets-Podilsky. ...

dhwty - 12/11/2015 - 00:51

The Tollund Man Spills His Guts: New Analysis of Bog Body’s Last Meal

... or dress. As with other bog bodies discovered in Northern Europe, archaeologists have continued to apply increasingly ...

Cecilia Bogaard - 21/07/2021 - 00:00

Mummified Bishop Reveals the Ancient Origins Of Tuberculosis

... tuberculosis (TB), an invisible killer known in medieval Europe as “ White Plague.” Scientific Findings Rewrite ...

ashley cowie - 17/08/2020 - 01:22

Being Lovesick Was a Real Disease in the Middle Ages

... translated a treatise on melancholia which was popular in Europe in the Middle Ages. He made clear the connection ... It is little wonder, then, that the literature of medieval Europe contains frequent medical references in relation to ...

ancient-origins - 14/02/2017 - 13:48

Lost Mongol Capital of Karakorum Mapped Properly for the First Time

... . The Golden Horde and the Mongol Mission to Conquer Europe Khutulun: The Undefeated Bad-Ass Mongolian Warrior ...

Sahir - 06/11/2021 - 17:57

New Details Emerge on the Black Death by Examining a Plague Victim and her Tragic Coffin Birth

... informative article explores how the plague spread in Europe via Italian merchants and their sailing ships that had ... to Learn Clues About Epidemic that Wiped Out Half of Europe What is a fetus doing inside the coffin of a 17th ...

Mark Miller - 30/03/2017 - 01:57

El Morro: The Great 16th Century Fort That Saved Puerto Rico from British and Dutch Invasions

Castillo de San Felipe del Morro is a fort that sits majestically on the northeastern coast of Puerto Rico in the capital city of San Juan. In 1983, the fort was declared a world heritage site by the United Nations for its historical significance and for its astounding military engineering of “stout walls, carefully planned steps, and ramps for moving men and artillery.” Millions of tourists converge o

ML Childs - 10/10/2017 - 23:04

The Surprising and Iconic Bronze Age Egtved Girl: Teenage Remains Tell a Story of Trade and Travel

... of Gothenburg told Science Daily, “In Bronze Age Western Europe, Southern Germany and Denmark were the two dominant ...

lizleafloor - 15/11/2018 - 00:52

The Origin of Music

... Germany contains early evidence for the occupation of Europe by Homo sapiens and on announcing the discovery, ... musical tradition at the time when modern humans colonized Europe". They suggested that music may have helped to ...

johnblack - 28/10/2013 - 09:12

The Powerful Valkyries as Icons of Female Force and Fear

... H.R. Elllis Davidson, The Lost Beliefs of Northern Europe (Routledge: London, 1993.) H.R. Elllis Davidson, Myths and Symbols of Pagan Europe: early Scandinavia and Celtic religions (Syracuse ...

Riley Winters - 12/07/2015 - 04:07

Mysterious Cocaine Mummies: Do They Prove Ancient Voyages Between Egypt and Americas?

... the traces of a workman’s sneeze? Tobacco first came to Europe from South America during the time of Columbus, 2700 ...

J.P. Robinson - 19/01/2019 - 18:50

150,000 fled for their lives, but were slaughtered by Julius Caesar army, bones reveal

... and declare a genocide. Oldest crucible steel weapon in Europe unearthed in Russia 3,000-year-old broken weapons ...

lizleafloor - 14/12/2015 - 21:52

Footprints, Fairies and even a Foreskin: 9 Bizarre Relics from History

... was soon claimed as a prized item by several churches in Europe. Alongside the umbilical cord of Christ, the ... foreskin had a long and turbulent journey in medieval Europe. In 800 AD it was given as a present to Pope Leo III ... glimpse into the earliest origins of Cro-Magnons in Europe. This relic might look strange to us, but for early ...

Aleksa Vučković - 12/04/2024 - 13:09