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When Sweden’s King Ordered a Clinical Trial of Coffee on Prisoners
Between Dunkin Donuts and Starbucks, coffee is everywhere. If you’re a coffee lover, you may have wondered about how coffee came to be throughout history. In early times, however, some people interested in coffee were uncertain about the delicious drink. This was certainly the case for King Gustav III of Sweden, who was suspicious of the banned drink and commanded two prisoners to drink it in a long-term coffee experiment that continued long after his death.
Lex Leigh - 01/07/2022 - 15:00
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Concrete Acropolis Paths Pave the Way for Wheelchairs and Criticism
The ancient Greeks built vast public temple complexes, but it has taken up to the 21st century for the nation to begin meeting modern disabled accessibility standards.
ashley cowie - 11/06/2021 - 01:52
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Scientists Discover an Ancient Bio-Metallic Vampire Ant
... may have functioned to puncture soft-bodied prey and feed on the haemolymph," the team wrote in their paper. ...
ashley cowie - 24/09/2018 - 23:01
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Mammoth Tears of Compassion Sealed A 34,000-Year-Old Children’s Grave
About 34,000 years ago, two physically challenged boys were buried head to head, with tens of thousands of animal bone offerings, according to a Cambridge Journal of Antiquity paper published last week.
ashley cowie - 15/02/2018 - 01:53
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Lupus In Fabula: The Wolf In The Story
... by Zeus . He was transformed into a wolf and condemned to feed on human flesh. From this myth derived the rituals that ...
Maura Andreoni - 21/11/2019 - 13:58
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Culling the World: The Catastrophic Conquests of the Black Death
... blocks the flea’s digestive tract and when they try to feed on a host (i.e. a rat) they are forced to regurgitate, ...
Aleksa Vučković - 02/01/2020 - 14:00
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The French Brews Brothers: Benedictine Monks Bring a Traditional Brewing Practice Back to Life
Between prayer, Gregorian chants, and spiritual contemplation, Benedictine monks of Saint-Wandrille monastery in northern France are now dedicating their spare time to producing France's only monastic beer, bringing an old tradition back to life.
Theodoros Karasavvas - 03/01/2017 - 21:47
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Arg-é Bam: An Ancient Citadel Destroyed By Nature and Reconstructed By Humanity
Arg-é Bam is a citadel located in Bam, a city in the Kerman Province in the south-eastern part of Iran. This citadel was built entirely out of adobe unbaked clay bricks, and it is often regarded as the largest structure built with this material in the world. In 2003, a powerful earthquake struck the city of Bam, and much of the citadel was destroyed.
dhwty - 21/11/2016 - 03:56
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Elite Danish Vikings Wore Beaver Fur as a Status Symbol
... down is due to certain bacteria in the environment that feed on it,” Mackie told Inverse . “So if it can stay in ...
Sahir - 30/07/2022 - 15:01
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Myrmidons: The Fiercely Loyal and Unstoppable ‘Antmen’ Army of Achilles
The Myrmidons were allegedly fierce warriors from Thessaly that fought during the Trojan War with Achilles as their leader. The Myrmidons were considered the among the best warriors in Greece. They also were known for wearing black armor, according to some accounts.
Caleb Strom - 31/07/2019 - 23:01
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Incubi and Succubi: Protection from Dark Magics and Cures for Night Terrors – Part II
... Like the supposed demons, some aliens are said to feed off of human energy as well – sexual or fear-based - ...
Alicia McDermott - 27/06/2016 - 16:08
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El Tepozteco – The Aztec Temple Dedicated to the Drunken Rabbit God
... were depicted as rabbits . Having so many mouths to feed, Mayahuel was also the goddess of fertility and ...
Sahir - 14/07/2022 - 22:59
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The Hill of Tara: Tracing the Footsteps of the High Kings of Ireland
The Hill of Tara is said to be one of the most ancient sacred sites in Ireland.
Riley Winters - 19/03/2021 - 00:49
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Murderous Medicine: Six Strange and Horrifying Ancient Medical Treatments
The medical field has advanced significantly compared to where it was fifty years ago, let alone over 1,000 years ago. Although modern technology has allowed us to understand more about the human body than ever before, physicians in ancient times had to make do with the equipment and information they had. As a result, humans practiced some strange medical treatments over time. Below are six of the strangest (and sometimes deadliest) medical treatments prescribed by doctors in ancient times.
Lex Leigh - 07/01/2023 - 14:00
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New Future for the Ancient Art of Golden Eagle Hunting
Eagle hunting is an ancient art which has been in existence on the Central Asian Steppe, from Kyrgyzstan to Kazakhstan and Mongolia, for some 6,000 years. Societal and political changes have meant that this ancient practice is a dying tradition. But a new generation of Kazakhs, including girls for the first time, is determined to carry forward the ancient tradition of their forefathers.
aprilholloway - 30/03/2014 - 00:25
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Boats, Bowling and Moldy Bread: Curious Achievements Ancient Egypt Shared With the World
... prepare their fields each year for a healthy crop to feed their families - and inevitably their countries. ...
John Tuttle - 30/06/2017 - 01:49
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Jewish-styled Alexander Legends Found on Silver Bowl from Tibet
A new paper published in the Bulletin of the Asia Institute argues that an ancient silver bowl found in Lhasa 50 years ago displays in Greek-style reliefs scenes from a Jewish version of the Alexander legends. This body of legend grew around the real and fictional feats of the Macedonian conqueror, and was popular from the third to the 12th century AD.
Sahir - 13/04/2022 - 15:06
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1500-year-old canals of Wari culture to be revived in attempt to solve Lima water crisis
... The canals transported the water to places where it could feed into springs further down the mountain, in order to ...
aprilholloway - 12/04/2015 - 00:23
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Reconstructing How Neanderthals Grew, Based on an El Sidrón Child
How did Neanderthals grow? Does modern man develop in the same way as Homo neanderthalensis did? How does the size of the brain affect the development of the body? A study led by the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) researcher, Antonio Rosas, has studied the fossil remains of a Neanderthal child's skeleton in order to establish whether there are differences between the growth of Neanderthals and that of sapiens.
ancient-origins - 24/09/2017 - 01:55
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Bringing a Shark to a Knife Fight: 7,000-year-old Shark-tooth Knives Discovered in Indonesia
Michelle Langley et al./The Conversation
Excavations on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi have uncovered two unique and deadly artifacts dating back some 7,000 years – tiger shark teeth that were used as blades.
ancient-origins - 29/10/2023 - 13:56