JSarna ~flipped into Eclectic ~ Mona Lisa What Makes Leonardo’s Mona Lisa a Great Painting?: An Explanation in 15 Minutes openculture.com - by Colin Marshall The Mona Lisa may be on display at the Louvre, but best of luck appreciating it there. The first obstacle, quite literally, is the crowd that’s always …
24MATINS UKflipped into NewsVladimir Putin Little warmth despite the heat at Biden-Putin summit 24matins.uk - By Robin MILLARD, Despite the soaring summer temperatures in Geneva on Wednesday, beyond the surface pleasantries there was little sign of personal warmth between Joe …
Avatarflipboard8315flipped into UKUnited Kingdom The battle of Stoke Field, 1487 – the real last battle of the Wars of the Roses historyextra.com Two years after Bosworth, Henry VII took to the battlefield one last time in 1487 to challenge an imposter posing as Richard III’s nephew. How close …
Amy Haggstromflipped into History in the NewsHistory The clever folds that kept letters secretverified_publisher BBC Future - Richard FisherLate at night on 8 February 1587, an imprisoned Mary Queen of Scots composed her last ever letter to her brother-in-law. "Tonight, after dinner, I have been advised of my sentence: I am to be executed...
jwisnerflipped into Historical RamblingsAfrica Caravel worldhistory.org - Mark Cartwright The caravel (caravela in Spanish and Portuguese), was a type of medium-sized ship which, with its low draught and lateen or triangular sails, made it …
Forbesflipped into InnovationSpace New Astronomical Discovery Challenges 500-Year-Old ‘Copernican Principle’ Forbes - Ethan SiegelFor practically all of human history, one assumption about our place in the Universe had long gone unchallenged: that our planet, Earth, was the stationary and unmoving center of the cosmos. The observations...
The Curious Curatorflipped into Thinking ApeMedieval Period Pointy shoes and bunions: What we can learn from medieval England Medical News Today - James Kingsland • Archaeologists have examined human skeletons dating from the Middle Ages that were buried in four cemeteries in and around Cambridge in England.• They …
Garden & Gun MagazineChattanooga A First Look Inside Chattanooga’s New Common House – Garden & Gunverified_publisher Garden & Gun Magazine - CJ LotzA First Look Inside Chattanooga’s New Common House It’s fun to stay at the former Y-M-C-A, where a new private social club opens its doors for overnight guests “This Italian renaissance revival-style is...
Wine Spectatorflipped into Unfiltered: The Intersection of Wine & CultureHenry Viii Wine History Mystery: The Peculiar Case of the Holy Bone Luge and the King’s Missing Arm winespectator.com - Suzanne Mustacich For more than 100 years, historians have wondered, What happened to King Henry VI’s missing arm? (And what might wine have to do with it?) A favorite …
Avatarjhaflipped into Image And ArtLeonardo Da Vinci Previously unknown da Vinci painting discovered in Swiss vaultverified_publisher CBS News A 500-year-old question that has plagued art historians for centuries may have been answered this week, after a previously unknown painting by the …
Mental Flossflipped into Mental FlossJokes History of the World, Part 1 Turns 40, and It's Still Good to Be Mel Brooks mentalfloss.com - BY Salon .com This post originally appeared on Salon by Matthew Rozsa. "What's in a name?" William Shakespeare once wrote. To which comedy legend Mel Brooks might …
El Niño Suzanne tried to ruin my life today. - Johnjay & Rich On Demand | iHeartRadio iheart.com I had to actively avoid her all morning because all she wanted to do was spoil Loki for me. For SHAME, Susan. TODAY ON THE SHOW: We get an update …
