Posts tagged "history"

Jun 03, 2026 from LBV Magazine English Edition

Five hunter-gatherers and their dog ventured into a cave in Italy 14,000 years ago using small pine branches to light their way

A group of researchers has managed to unravel one of prehistory’s best-kept secrets: how humans who lived more than 12,000 years ago illuminated caves. The study, published in Quaternary Internatio...

Jun 03, 2026 from The Public Domain Review

Covers from Cerîde-i Adliye, a Turkish Law Journal (1924–26)

Legal infographics that reflect a Turkish nation in flux.

Jun 03, 2026 from Daily Medieval

The Children of Sweyn, Part 1

King Sweyn II of Denmark (c.1019 - 1076) had two wives and numerous mistresses, resulting in about 20 children. His first wife was Gyda of Sweden, who we are told by later chronicles was the daught...

Jun 03, 2026 from LBV Magazine English Edition

Zapotec Lunar Calendar Found to Be 857 Years Older Than the Earliest Known Maya Example

Researchers from the University at Albany (SUNY) and SUNY Plattsburgh have managed to decipher an ancient lunar count system in the hieroglyphic inscriptions of Monte Albán, in Oaxaca, Mexico. The ...

Jun 03, 2026 from LBV Magazine English Edition

A Cuneiform Inscription from the Kingdom of Urartu in the 8th Century BC Discovered on Mount İlandağ in Azerbaijan

A text with cuneiform writing attributed to the Kingdom of Urartu has been located by a team of researchers from the National Academy of Sciences of Azerbaijan (AMEA). The discovery took place in t...

Jun 03, 2026 from LBV Magazine English Edition

Antinoöpolis, the city that the Roman emperor Hadrian founded in the middle of Egypt in honor of his drowned lover

No need to be an expert in the New Testament to know that in the Gospel of Saint Matthew it is told how the Holy Family (that is, Joseph, Mary, and their newborn son, Jesus) had to flee to Egypt to...

Jun 02, 2026 from LBV Magazine English Edition

Mysterious Deposits of Split, Uniform-Sized Cow Bones with Unknown Function, Found in Roman Cities Across Europe

If future archaeologists were to find a landfill full of chicken bones where they are all drumsticks, all split in half, and all measuring about five centimeters, that repetitive pattern would not ...

Jun 02, 2026 from Daily Medieval

Sweyn's Reign, and Religion

The conflict between Sweyn II of Denmark and Harald Hardrada was called off in 1064, with Sweyn agreeing to recognize Harald as King of Norway. With no more conflict against Denmark, Harald sailed ...

Jun 02, 2026 from LBV Magazine English Edition

A Jar Discovered with the Latest Hieratic Inscription of the Egyptian Administration in Canaan at the Twilight of the Late Bronze Age

The Lautenschläger Azekah Expedition archaeological team found the jar in 2019 in area W1, on the northwestern slope of Tel Azekah in Israel. The vessel appeared in a destruction layer alongside fi...

Jun 02, 2026 from LBV Magazine English Edition

Why the Romans Wore Short Hair and Women Wore Blonde Wigs

Hair has never been just hair. In classical Greece and Rome, the way it was worn—long, short, curled, braided, up or loose—revealed social status, religious beliefs, political loyalties, and even t...

Jun 02, 2026 from LBV Magazine English Edition

A stellar system becomes the ‘Rosetta Stone’ that deciphers mysterious cosmic radio pulses

An international team of astronomers led by the University of Sydney, with participation from the Institute of Space Sciences (ICE-CSIC), has identified a unique stellar system that acts as a natur...

Jun 01, 2026 from LBV Magazine English Edition

The Origin of the Euphrates Discovered: The Great River of Mesopotamia Was Born 6 Million Years Ago and Flowed Into an Almost Dry Mediterranean

An international team of geologists has managed to reconstruct for the first time the complete history of the Euphrates River, from its origins about 6 million years ago to its current configuratio...

Jun 01, 2026 from The Emu Café Social

Pook-Emu Bee: Links For 06-01-26

Today is June 1. It is also Monday. With that, I present our first-ever collection of June Pook-Emu Bee links after a brief photography interlude. 1. Wikipedia editors plot strike and banner sabota...

Jun 01, 2026 from Daily Medieval

Sweyn's Close Call

Sweyn's care for his people allowed Harald Hardrada to escape during their sea skirmish, but Sweyn himself had a similar close call. In 1062, at the Battle of Niså off the coast of Halland (a Swedi...

Jun 01, 2026 from LBV Magazine English Edition

The Only Venomous Primate in the World Looks Like a Plush Toy but Has a Deadly Weapon

If you search for slow loris online, you’ll find videos with millions of views. You see a cat-sized primate with huge eyes and slow movements. It hugs a plush toy, holds a cocktail umbrella, or shu...

Jun 01, 2026 from LBV Magazine English Edition

The Largest Copper Age Tomb in Europe Is in Murcia and Reveals an Ancient Childhood Epidemic

More than 4,500 years ago, in the southeast of the Iberian Peninsula, a Chalcolithic (Copper Age) community buried its dead in a large artificial cave now known as Camino del Molino, in Caravaca de...

Jun 01, 2026 from LBV Magazine English Edition

The Remains of Queen Elisenda of Montcada Recovered at the Monastery of Pedralbes, Holder of Unusual Power in the 14th Century

The analysis of the foundational tombs of the Royal Monastery of Santa Maria de Pedralbes in Barcelona has confirmed the identity of the remains of Queen Elisenda of Montcada (Aitona, 1292 – Barcel...

Jun 01, 2026 from LBV Magazine English Edition

A Cartouche of Senusret III, a Head of Aphrodite, and the Remains of a Roman Basilica Discovered in Ancient Heracleopolis Magna

The area known as Ihnasiya al-Madina, located in the Beni Suef province of Egypt, continues to provide material evidence of its stratified past. The Egyptian archaeological mission under the Suprem...

May 31, 2026 from Daily Medieval

Sweyn II of Denmark

Also known as Sweyn Estridsson or Estridsen, because his mother was Estrid, daughter of Sweyn Forkbeard, Sweyn II was King of Denmark from 1047 to 1078. He was also sometimes known as Sweyn Ulfsson...

May 31, 2026 from LBV Magazine English Edition

The Saving Myth: When Oral Memory Holds the Warning of the Ancestors

Sometime in 1880, a British colonial officer named Maurice Vidal Portman landed on a small island in the Andaman archipelago in the Indian Ocean. The island was —and still is— home to the Sentinele...