AvatarMichael FergusonplayArtists Salvador Dalí Explains Why He Was a “Bad Painter” and Contributed “Nothing” to Art (1986) openculture.com - by Colin Marshall Not so very long ago, Salvador Dalí was the most famous living painter in the world. When the BBC's Arena came to shoot an episode about him in 1986, …
AvatarMichael FergusonHistory From Winston Churchill to the Bengal famine: are we in denial about our role in WW2? historyextra.com - Rachel Dinning The Second World War was perhaps the greatest collective trauma in the history of the world. But are we remembering the Allied victory through …
AvatarMichael Ferguson5 Mayan Inventions That Will Surprise YouTheCollectorAmazing things have been discovered from the Maya, and their inventions are just the beginning. The ancient Maya of present-day Mexico and Central America subsisted from 2600 BC until the Spanish arrival in the sixteenth century. They were gifted architects, artisans, engineers, and scientists, with doctrines principally based on science and cosmology. Read on to discover five remarkable Mayan achievements you might not know about.
AvatarMichael FergusonAztec Empire The Templo Mayor: A place for human sacrifices BBC Culture - Jonathan GlanceyThe pinnacle of Aztec architecture was a vast religious building – with a blood-soaked history. Jonathan Glancey investigates. The exterior of the unearthed Templo Mayor in Mexico City (David R Frazier
AvatarMichael FergusonHistory Were there slaves in Elizabethan England? historyextra.com - Elinor Evans Slavery wasn’t legal in Elizabethan England – but it wasn’t exactly illegal either. So were there slaves in Elizabethan England? Professor Emily …
