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Wednesday, October 25, 2017

450-Year-Old Book Reveals What to Name a Baby Samurai

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From Live Science : What should you name a baby samurai? What food should a samurai bring to a battle? What is a samurai's most trea...
Saturday, October 21, 2017

The forgotten 'female Lawrence of Arabia' - Gertrude Bell

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From The Telegraph : In a picture taken to mark the Cairo Conference of 1921, Gertrude Bell - characteristically elegant in a fur stol...

Ceramic Heads of Possible Goddesses Discovered in Ancient Waste Dump

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Another intriguing article from Live Science : The remains of at least four female heads, made out of ceramic, have been discovered at the a...

Sarah Siddons - The most famous tragedienne of the 18th century

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From The Vintage News : Sarah Siddons was an actress born in Wales and was the most famous tragedienne of the 18th century, most notably...

Early Egyptian Queen Revealed in 5,000-Year-Old Hieroglyphs

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From Live Science : About 60 drawings and hieroglyphic inscriptions, dating back around 5,000 years, have been discovered at a site call...

Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamun's wet nurse might have been his sister

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From The Guardian comes this article on the family life of Egyptian Pharaoh, Tutankhamun: Archaeologists believe Maia, Egyptian pharaoh T...
Saturday, October 7, 2017

Devil letter written by 'posessed' nun finally translated

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From  Daily Mail Online  comes this mystery from 1676: A 17th century 'letter from the devil' written by a Sicilian nun who claimed ...
Wednesday, October 4, 2017

Queen Mother Idia of the Benin Empire

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The Benin ivory mask is a portrait of the Queen Mother Idia of the Benin Empire in the 16th century, made like an African traditional mask....
Saturday, September 30, 2017

Egypt Uncovers Remains Of Pharaoh's Daughter in 3,700-Year-Old Tomb

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From an article in Newsweek Archeologists have uncovered the 3,700-year-old tomb of an Egyptian pharaoh’s daughter near a newly discover...