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Showing posts with label Europe. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Europe. Show all posts
Wednesday, November 15, 2017

Q&A: How did pasta come to Europe and when did it first become established in Italy?

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History Extra That the food crops up in so many cultures isn’t surprising: pasta is basically unleavened bread that has been boiled ...
Tuesday, November 7, 2017

Game of Queens: when women ruled Renaissance Europe

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History Extra Isabella I of Castille, Anne de Beaujeu and Catherine of Aragon were three of the queens linked by a complex web of mothe...
Saturday, May 27, 2017

Five things you didn’t know about the Caucasus

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History Extra Situated on the border of Asia and Europe between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea, the Caucasus is shrouded in my...
Friday, September 30, 2016

10 things you (probably) didn’t know about the Black Death

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History Extra Plague victims in Perugia. From a 14th century manuscript of the vernacular text 'La Franceschina'. (Photo By D...
Monday, July 11, 2016

Stone Age Text Links Australia to Europe: Initial Evidence for Worldwide Travel by an Ancient Stone Age Civilization

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Ancient Origins Dr. Derek Cunningham has recently introduced a new intriguing theory to archaeology that many geometric patterns seen ...
Sunday, January 24, 2016

Medieval kebabs and pasties: 5 foods you (probably) didn’t know were being eaten in the Middle Ages

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History Extra Here, freelance writer George Dobbs reveals five examples of commonplace courtly dishes that wouldn't look too out o...
Wednesday, October 28, 2015

A Toxic Price to Pay: Wealthy citizens in medieval Europe had poisoning from lead-glazed plates

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Ancient Origins Rich city dwellers in medieval northern Europe had elevated lead and mercury levels that probably caused them serious h...
Wednesday, February 25, 2015

New study claims gerbils, not rats, responsible for bringing plague to Europe

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Bubonic plague, the most common form, is associated with painful, swollen lymph nodes, called buboes as shown above. After an incubation p...
Thursday, January 29, 2015

Ancient partial skull from Israeli cave linked to migration of humans from Africa to Europe

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This undated photo provided by the Israel Antiquities Authority on Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2015 shows a partial human skull excavated from a cav...
Thursday, July 31, 2014

Historic castles for sale

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Become King of the Castle for as little as £475,000... and as much as £12 million! They say an Englishman’s home is his castle - but l...
Sunday, May 18, 2014

US airmen flew to save Europe; now the race is on to rescue their artwork

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As D-day's 70th anniversary draws near, a new project is seeking out lost airbase art left behind by US bomber groups USAAF: lost artw...
Wednesday, January 15, 2014

The Phil Naessens Show: The NBA Arrives in London and That’s a Bad Thing

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http://phillipnaessens.wordpress.com/2014/01/14/the-phil-naessens-show-the-nba-arrives-in-london-and-thats-a-bad-thing/     On thi...