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  1. Plague Victims In Medieval Cambridge Treated With Care and Compassion

    ... testing times imaginable. The Black Death swept across Europe in the mid-14th century killing about half of the ... the medieval period when plague victims piled up all over Europe. Now the latest research from England's early plague ... Death: the Plague that Sowed Terror and Death in Medieval Europe - Part 1 The paper says these findings contrast with ...

    ashley cowie - 19/06/2021 - 14:53

  2. The House of Hohenzollern – The Rise and Fall of German Emperors

    ... article we are heading to the very heart of early modern Europe, as we discuss the most famous German noble family, ... acted as rulers and magnates – deciding on the future of Europe and thus the world. Join us as we retrace the steps of ... Incredible History Preserved on Alpine Lakes The Fate of Europe’s Aristocracy The story of the Hohenzollern family ...

    Aleksa Vučković - 22/04/2020 - 02:01

  3. Study Reveals the Influence of 11th Century Scientist On Modern-day Physics

    ... of physics from the Middle Ages up to modern times in Europe. By University of Sharjah Scientists from the  ... of physics from the Middle Ages up to modern times in Europe. Their research focuses on the legacy of al-Ḥasan ... in Arabic as  Kitab al-Manazir  and first circulated in Europe via its Latin translation dubbed ‘ Perspectiva ’. ...

    ancient-origins - 06/05/2024 - 17:51

  4. Corpse Medicine: Brains, Mellified Man’s Honey-flesh, or Blood Drinks!

    ... century AD, was a popular kind of corpse medicine all over Europe. (Bullenwächter /  CC BY-SA 3.0 ) Corpse Medicine 1: ... of the Human Hunger for Bugs War and Peace in Pre-Modern Europe: Have We Really Bypassed Brutality? Making a mellified ... Mummy Powdered mummy achieved almost cult popularity in Europe from the 12th to the 17th century. It was touted as a ...

    Sahir - 13/05/2022 - 19:03

  5. Witch Pricking And The Devil’s Mark

    ... witches became a hot new career for many in medieval Europe and witch pricking was the ultimate test A witch or ... all the craze in the late medieval period and onwards in Europe and involved some rather peculiar practices. Witch ... witch hunting  were always a sore point in the history of Europe. Emerging in the  medieval period , witch hunting ...

    Aleksa Vučković - 22/03/2021 - 14:04

  6. Seahenge: A Subaquatic Monument of the European Bronze Age

    ... by different peoples and cultures of tribes from ancient Europe Today, the United Kingdom is crisscrossed with many ... by different peoples and cultures of tribes from ancient Europe, who shared many intriguing beliefs and lived in a ... of the most important links to the Bronze Age cultures of Europe . They show us the image of a past long gone, of lives ...

    Aleksa Vučković - 13/02/2020 - 22:49

  7. Bronze Age Burial Study Links Peoples of Britain and Luxembourg

    ... study, focusing on Bell Beaker communities in Northwest Europe, marks the first genetic evidence indicating that ... connections of the Early Bronze Age populations in Europe. Despite the geographical distance between the graves, ... populations  that migrated from Eastern and Central Europe during the 3rd millennium BC. Moreover, the genetic ...

    Sahir - 04/03/2024 - 13:29

  8. European Monarchies Pay Their Respects at the Funeral of Greece's Last King

    The last man to serve as King of Greece, Constantine II, passed away on January 10, 2023 in an Athens hospital from complications related to a stroke. Constantine II hadn’t served as king since the late 1960s, when he was forced into exile (the Greek monarchy was officially terminated via referendum in 1974).

    Nathan Falde - 17/01/2023 - 21:59

  9. Archaeologists in Spain Unearth Rare Paleolithic Art Featuring Bird and Human Interaction

    ... scenes of Paleolithic art featuring humans and birds in Europe. Now, an article published in the journal ... so far which suggest the birth of a narrative art in Europe, and this theme is unique, since it combines an image ... Paleolithic art in Montsant valley The other sites in Europe researchers had found so far with human and bird ...

    ancient-origins - 13/03/2019 - 13:20

  10. Buried Face-Down 400-Years-Ago, But Through A Fear Of Zombies, Or God?

    ... demonstrates a major shift in burial practices across Europe beginning in 1347 AD, a time when the plague was sweeping across Europe killing millions of people, and people had come to ... living.” At a time when the plague was sweeping across Europe killing millions, people began to fear that plague ...

    ashley cowie - 04/09/2020 - 23:01

  11. The Derveni Papyrus: The Most Ancient Book in Europe Involved in a Campaign Against Orpheus?

    ... Register by UNESCO. Named as the ‘Most Ancient Book in Europe,’ the history of the text’s discovery and decoding ... NEOnline (2015). The Most Ancient Book in Europe. http://neurope.eu/article/the-most-ancient-book-in-europe/ Pearse, R. (2006). The Derveni Papyrus (PDerveni). ...

    Alicia McDermott - 17/10/2015 - 21:41

  12. 6,000-Year-Old Cave Find Shows Sicilians Made Wine Way Before Previously Thought

    ... ) Still not the Oldest Wine in Europe’s History? The newly found Copper Age containers may ... oldest known Italian wine, but is it the oldest wine in Europe’s history? Not likely. As previously reported in an ... which makes it still the oldest known sample of wine in Europe. This sample was located at an ancient settlement ...

    Theodoros Karasavvas - 31/08/2017 - 13:57

  13. Did a Native American travel with the Vikings and arrive in Iceland centuries before Columbus set sail?

    ... woman from the New World accompanied the Vikings back to Europe, five centuries before Columbus arrived back in Spain ... the first Native Americans arrived on the continent of Europe sometime around the 11 th century. The study, led by ... American woman might have been brought back to mainland Europe by European explorers, who then found her way to ...

    dhwty - 29/04/2015 - 01:12

  14. First Neanderthal Remains Discovered in Serbia Reveals Human Migration History

    ... still relatively rare in the Balkans, compared to Western Europe and the Middle East. This is the first Neanderthal ... ago, and their range gradually expanded eastward through Europe and the Levant and as far as Siberia.  But around ... By 40,000 years ago, Neanderthals began to disappear from Europe, retreating westward as modern humans moved in on ...

    ancient-origins - 28/04/2019 - 18:57

  15. How Ancient Hominid Interbreeding has Shaped Humans Today

    ... as revealed by DNA sequences obtained from fossils in Europe and Asia, as well as from comparisons with the genomes ... immune systems of people in New Guinea and Australia. In Europe, interbreeding with the Neanderthals may also have  ...

    ancient-origins - 12/10/2015 - 03:41

  16. Lost Norse of Greenland Fueled the Medieval Ivory Trade, Ancient Walrus DNA Suggests

    ... trading commodities -- most notably walrus tusks -- with Europe may have been vital to sustaining the Greenlanders. ... most found on the sites of former ivory workshops across Europe, in order to trace the origin of the animals used in ... had a "near monopoly" on the supply of ivory to Western Europe for over two hundred years. For the latest study, ...

    ancient-origins - 08/08/2018 - 19:02

  17. The Chivalrous Melodies and Colorful Lives of the Medieval Troubadours

    From the 11th to 14th centuries, medieval Europe was home to a class of poet-musicians known as troubadours. From the 11th to 14th centuries, medieval Europe was home to a class of poet-musicians known as ... and Origins of the Troubadours: Songbirds of Medieval Europe The exact origins of the troubadour tradition are ...

    Robbie Mitchell - 14/01/2024 - 13:56

  18. Exploring the Mysterious North American Moon-Eyed People Legend

    There are legends and tales in the world that are old, tattered and near forgotten. Once proudly passed down the generations, these legends were slowly taken over by the unforgivable passage of time. And some of the most enigmatic tales can be traced to the North American continent, where they were once carefully maintained by the Native American tribes.

    Aleksa Vučković - 23/01/2022 - 22:00

  19. Stone Age Peoples Made Bone Arrowheads - From Human Bones!

    ... has revealed a surprising fact about life in ancient Europe. It seems that some Ice Age peoples carved weapons ... has revealed a surprising fact about life in ancient Europe. It seems that some Ice Age peoples carved weapons ... bridge that once connected the British Isles with mainland Europe, which scientists have named Doggerland . Little did ...

    Nathan Falde - 22/12/2020 - 21:56

  20. Genetic Study Reveals Exactly Who ‘The Romans’ Were

    ... the Mediterranean Sea , immigrants from the Near East , Europe and North Africa pulled up their roots and moved to ... more or less comports with what has been found around Europe - they represent an influx of farmers primarily ... there relative to the Roman Empire's western reaches in Europe and Africa. A History of the Crusades As Told by ...

    ancient-origins - 08/11/2019 - 15:43

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