AvatarRick Timmer2 days agoThousands of ‘magic lantern’ slides show what daily life was like 120 years agoMetro - Jordan KingMore than 2,600 photos provide a time machine to the Victorian era. The pictures show Bradford, West Yorkshire in the late 1800s and early 1900s, …
AvatarRick Timmer2 days agoThe Ancient Greek General who Saved Athens from Persiansgreekreporter.com - Patricia ClausThe life of the great Athenian general Themistocles is well known, as the low-born leader was lauded even in his time for his brilliance.Read the …
AvatarRick Timmer2 days agoRare 1885 Photo Captures the First Licensed Women Doctors of India, Japan, and Syriaverified_publisherMy Modern Met - Regina SienraAccording to the Association of American Medical Colleges, about 36.3% of active physicians in the U.S. are women. And while this number is far from ideal parity, it still means that we’ve come a long way—and all thanks to trailblazers who defied social roles and pursued a medical degree in the …
AvatarRick Timmer2 days ago6 Female Pre-Raphaelite Artists You Should Knowthecollector.com - Isabel DrogeThe Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood was formed in 1848 by three artists: William Holman Hunt, John Everett Millais, and Dante Gabriel Rossetti. Gradually, …
AvatarRick Timmer2 days agoNorthern Iraq's Erbil Citadel Is Well Preserved & Is One Of The Oldest Cities On Earth (Here's How To Visit)thetravel.com - Aaron SprayErbil is the largest city in the autonomous Kurdistan region of Northern Iraq. The Erbil Citadel (located in the historic center of the modern city) …
AvatarRick Timmer2 days agoThen Again: The first humans in what’s now Vermont found a very different placevtdigger.org - Mark BushnellThe date of the first human inhabitation in Vermont is something of a moving target. The more that archaeologists study the question, the farther …
