Posts tagged "history"

Jul 17, 2026 from LBV Magazine English Edition

The Tabula Capuana: the sacred Etruscan calendar that has not yet been fully deciphered

In the Altes Museum in Berlin rests one of the most enigmatic treasures of antiquity. It is a simple terracotta tablet, about 60 by 50 centimeters, that looks like a large brick. But on its baked s...

Jul 17, 2026 from The Emu Café Social

Cup Noodle (Cold Edition) in Japan

SoraNews24, which covers news from Japan, is a long-time member of my feed collection and a regular article contributor to the “Around the Web” secution of my weekly newsletter. They cover some “ne...

Jul 16, 2026 from LBV Magazine English Edition

The Scythians Had So Many Horses That They Afforded the Luxury of Burying Healthy Specimens in Their Prime Alongside Fallen Warriors

A team of Russian archaeologists and zoologists has managed, for the first time with such extensive material, to determine the age and sex of the horses that the Scythians sacrificed and buried in ...

Jul 16, 2026 from Daily Medieval

Lincoln's Shame

One of the most famous cases of anti-semitism took place in Lincoln in 1255.On 31 July 1255, a nine-year-old named Hugh disappeared in Lincoln. A month later, on 29 August, his body was discovered ...

Jul 16, 2026 from LBV Magazine English Edition

Genetics Shows That Bronze Age States in China Were a Social Invention Forged Through Rituals: The Discovery That Rewrites History

A team of researchers from Jilin University and other Chinese institutions has successfully sequenced the complete mitochondrial genome of 207 individuals buried in the Dahekou cemetery, in Shanxi ...

Jul 16, 2026 from LBV Magazine English Edition

Aslantaş, the impressive Phrygian monolithic tomb guarded by two stone lions for 2,700 years

About thirty kilometers north of Afyonkarahisar, in western Anatolia, there is an eleven-meter-high volcanic tuff rock carved with two lions standing on their hind legs, facing each other, with jaw...

Jul 15, 2026 from The Emu Café Social

Using AIM Until the Bitter End

Hackaday published an article authored by Tyler August titled AIM-ing For A More Open Platform Than Discord, wherein he summarized an article on running a self-hostable open-source implementation o...

Jul 15, 2026 from LBV Magazine English Edition

The Archaeological Discovery of the Ligures Baebiani Reveals How Rome Used Mass Deportations to Control Its Empire

In the year 180 BC, approximately 47,000 people were torn from their homes in the valleys of the Magra and Vara, in northwestern Italy, and forced to move hundreds of kilometers south, to the regio...

Jul 15, 2026 from Daily Medieval

Medieval Lincoln

The Lindum Colonia fell into decline after the departure of Roman Legions from Britain, but remained a viable community with a church dedicated to St. Paul. In fact, it became its own kingdom, the ...

Jul 15, 2026 from LBV Magazine English Edition

Dark matter resides in a hidden extra dimension along with a force-carrying particle known as the “dark photon”, according to a new theory

Dark matter, that mysterious substance that holds galaxies together, could be naturally “in tune” with a hidden fifth dimension, according to a new theory developed by scientists at the University ...

Jul 15, 2026 from LBV Magazine English Edition

The women who managed Roman villas were much more than simple housekeepers: a study reveals the functions of the “vilica”

For decades, historians have described the vilica —the administrator of a Roman villa— as a figure in charge of domestic chores: cooking, cleaning, and caring for the household. However, a thorough...

Jul 15, 2026 from The Emu Café Social

Fortunate NBA Champions (2001-2016)

Writing for The Pudding, Russell Samora recently put together a list of the “most ethical” NBA champions, wherein he used a formula (with many entertaining graphs) to determine, going back to 2001,...

Jul 14, 2026 from The Emu Café Social

Pook-Emu Bee: Links For 07-14-26

Two consecutive editions of Pook-Emu Bee daily links? What in the world is going on here? 1. Sega Dreamcast driver fixes appear in Linux 7.2-rc3 — fabled console remains in favor while iconic compu...

Jul 14, 2026 from Daily Medieval

Lincoln Colony

After 1066 there was more fighting to do. Once William the Conqueror took over England, he had to go about the island defeating various resistance groups. Part of his strategy was to build castles ...

Jul 14, 2026 from The Public Domain Review

Archie G. Norcross’ Maine Forest Fire Maps (1918–22)

Circular maps custom-made for the fire towers that once dotted the American wilderness.

Jul 14, 2026 from LBV Magazine English Edition

Archaeologists Decipher an 8th-Century Inscription in Guatemala and Discover the Name of the First Known Maya Astronomer

Ancient civilizations around the world developed sophisticated systems of astronomical calculation, but while in Greece, India, China, or Iraq it is possible to attribute these advances to specific...

Jul 14, 2026 from LBV Magazine English Edition

5 Iron Shackles Found at the Allonnes Site Prove the Slave Trade by the Gauls Before the Roman Conquest

The secondary agglomeration of Allonnes, located at the crossroads of several major communication routes in the French Loire Valley, occupied an estimated area of around twenty hectares, making it ...

Jul 14, 2026 from LBV Magazine English Edition

A Latrine from Hadrian’s Villa Reveals that Carbonation is the Key to the Millennial Durability of Roman Concrete

Roman concrete has defied the passage of time for nearly two millennia. Ports, aqueducts, markets, and entire buildings remain standing, while many modern constructions show signs of deterioration ...

Jul 14, 2026 from LBV Magazine English Edition

The SS United States Ocean Liner, Which Has Held the Transatlantic Crossing Speed Record Since 1952, Will Become the Largest Coral Reef in the World

At the time of writing, a giant is undergoing its final preparations for its ultimate rest beneath the sea. It’s not a giant of flesh and blood, of course, but of aluminum: the SS United States, th...

Jul 14, 2026 from The Emu Café Social

DRM-Free Ebook Sources

I read a blog post on Schemascape titled Using the Xteink X4, a minimalist e-reader. I have one, and I will have everyone know that I ordered mine in fall 2025 after reading about it in Liliputing ...