Michael FergusonJane Austen For Sale: Jane Austen’s Wince-Inducing Descriptions of 19th-Century DentistryAtlas Obscura - Jessica Leigh Hester After dinner one evening in September 1813, Jane Austen sat down to write a letter to her sister Cassandra. Austen, who had published Pride and …
Michael FergusonPompeii Archaeologists Unearth Bloody Gladiator Fresco in Pompeiismithsonianmag.com - Jason Daley A well-preserved fresco recently unearthed in Pompeii—the Roman city razed by Mount Vesuvius’ eruption in 79 A.D.—depicts the final act of a …
Michael FergusonLifestyle (UK) The story of Old London Bridge, the iconic landmark which vanished from the capital’s skylinecountrylife.co.uk - Country Life Important new discoveries illuminate the form and history of the houses that lined one of London’s most celebrated lost landmarks. Dorian Gerhold …
Michael FergusonWar Black Confederates: exploding America's most persistent mythGuardian US - David Smith in WashingtonAmericans still struggle over coming to terms with the core issues of the civil war and reconstruction Arlington National Cemetery is the hallowed resting place of America’s war dead. It is also home a
Michael FergusonGeorge Smith Discovering Gilgamesh, the World’s First Action HeroNational Geographic - Francisco del Rio SanchezA self-taught scholar was responsible for finding the world’s first epic myth hidden among broken clay tablets in the British Museum. Recovered from Nineveh in the late 19th century, shattered clay tablets
Michael FergusonPhotography This Is What The World Looked Like At The Dawn Of Photographybuzzfeednews.com - Gabriel H. Sanchez "I find the 19th century a particularly fascinating time in photography, because it’s the absolute beginning." Introducing the BuzzFeed News …
Michael FergusonCulture The O.K. Corral: The Gunfight of All Gunfightshowstuffworks.com - John Donovan The Wild, Wild West would not be the, well, Wild West that we know today without the O.K. Corral and the famous gunfight that erupted there on a late …
Michael Ferguson13th century Kublai Khanancient.eu - Mark Cartwright Kublai Khan (Qubilai-Qan) was the ruler of the Mongol Empire from 1260 to 1294 CE. Kublai Khan’s accomplishments include taking over China and …
Michael Ferguson 15 Brutally Violent Things The Vikings Did That You Won’t Be Seeing on TV – Page 2modernismo.me It would be inaccurate and dumb to suggest that the Vikings were the only race of ancient people who had strange attitudes toward h*mos3xuality. …
Michael FergusonMilitary History 5 Crazy Ways Germany Could Have Maybe Won World War Inationalinterest.org - James Holmes Maybe.Key point: History could have played out differently, with the Central Powers intact.Editor's Note: Please see our other "Five Ways" articles …
Michael FergusonArchaeology Study Reveals Ancient Fish-Cleaning Techniques - Archaeology Magazinearchaeology.org - Jessica E. Saraceni HAIFA, ISRAEL—Richard Cooke of the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute and Irit Zohar of the University of Haifa examined fish preparation …
Michael FergusonMobile Technology This quantum physics breakthrough could be the origin story for time travelTNW - Tristan GreeneAn international team of researchers recently placed an entire molecule into a state of quantum superposition. This huge breakthrough represents the largest object to ever be observed in such a state essentially
Michael FergusonArchaeology New research turns Tasmanian Aboriginal history on its head. The results will help care for the landtheconversation.com - Ted Lefroy and David Bowman and Grant Williamson and Penelope Jones American farmer and poet Wendell Berry said of the first Europeans in North America that they came with vision, but not with sight. They came with …
Michael FergusonHalloween The origins of Halloween: tricks, treats and cobbled streetshistoryextra.com - HistoryExtraAdmin What is the history of Halloween, the annual scarefest that takes place on 31 October each year? Writer Chris and academic Karen Allen investigate …
Michael FergusonHistory 15 Mind Blowing History Mysteries That Still Haven’t Been Solvedmedium.com - MILLEY CASEY The study of history is largely a practice in conjecture. For some events, we have first-hand written accounts. We know that the Magna Carta, for …
Michael FergusonEntertainment 15+ Times Something Went Completely Wrong in Moviesboredpanda.com - Brittany Rennas, MD Before the final cut, movie scenes get edited innumerable times. From camera crews caught in the act to forgotten objects in the wrong place by the …
Michael FergusonMilitary History Your History Book Forgot This: The Real Reason Japan Attacked atnationalinterest.org The intent of the Japanese Navy was to ensure that Japan would not meet a superior U.S. force in the envisioned decisive battle while at the same …
Michael FergusonHistory The unholy feud that killed Thomas Beckethistoryextra.com - Matt Elton Henry II and Becket may have wrestled over the power of the church, but their murderous dispute was chiefly fuelled by a clash of personalities, …
Michael FergusonGuitar 10 Things You Didn’t Know About the Beatles’ MusicRolling Stone - James Sullivan Known as a great bass player, Paul McCartney played lead guitar on several Beatles tracks, including “Ticket to Ride,” “Taxman,” “Sgt. Pepper’s …
Michael FergusonHistory Medieval saints and sinners: tales of saintly miracles in the Middle Ageshistoryextra.com - GuestEditor During the Middle Ages, tales abounded of saintly intervention saving the fortunes of those on trial for their lives. John Hudson looks at propaganda …
Michael FergusonRome Sack of Rome 410 CEancient.eu - Donald L. Wasson In August of 410 CE Alaric the Gothic king accomplished something that had not been done in over eight centuries: he and his army entered the gates …
Michael FergusonAnthropology 5 Unanticipated Facts About The Middle Ages That Prove History Can Be More Exciting Than “Game Of Thrones”BuzzFeedWearing striped clothing in the Middle Ages was not safe. In 1310, a shoemaker from Rouen was actually executed for wearing striped clothing. Wearing stripes was only legally allowed for actors, musicians,
Michael FergusonScience Ancient human species recreated from DNAsciencefocus.com - Alice Lipscombe-Southwell Today, we are the only humans on the planet. However, if you could clamber inside a time machine and head back 100,000 years, you would find a world …
Michael FergusonHistory The Georgian guide to university lifehistoryextra.com - Rachel Dinning As university students embark on a new academic year, writer Felicity Day looks back at Georgian student life – when revelry was the priority and …
Michael FergusonHistory Did most English pirates really talk with a West Country accent?historyextra.com - Amir Adhamy One of history’s most notorious pirates almost certainly had a West Country twang: Edward ‘Blackbeard’ Teach, born in Bristol around 1680. Devon and …
Michael Ferguson20th Century 12 Old-Fashioned Insults We Should Bring Backmentalfloss.com - BY Ellen Gutoskey With the help of social media, slang words and phrases can gain momentum around the globe in what feels like mere minutes. But trendy terms were …
Michael FergusonHistory Was Ramesses II really that great?historyextra.com - Amir Adhamy Emma Slattery Williams considers whether the fêted pharaoh – master builder, war hero and peace broker – was actually a brilliant propagandist who …
Michael FergusonHistory Tales of the toilet: an historical A–Zhistoryextra.com - Emma Mason Following the theft of a solid gold toilet worth £4.8m from Blenheim Palace in Oxfordshire, we revisit this article by Julian Humphrys exploring the …
Michael FergusonArchaeology New Evidence for Hunter-Gatherer Trade in North America - Archaeology Magazinearchaeology.org - Jessica E. Saraceni BINGHAMTON, NEW YORK—According to a Science News report, hunter-gatherers living in North America some 4,000 years ago may have had direct trade links …
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