Posts tagged "history"

May 05, 2026 from LBV Magazine English Edition

A prehistoric mining camp from 5,000 years ago found in a cave in the Pyrenees at over 2,000 meters of altitude

A team of archaeologists has documented, in a cave located at 2,235 meters above sea level in the Freser valley (eastern Pyrenees), a sequence of human occupations that lasted for about two millenn...

May 05, 2026 from LBV Magazine English Edition

Saar Protectorate, the small and short-lived state in the center of Europe that emerged from World War II

The participation of certain territories with disputed existence in international sports competitions is not something exclusive to our time. It has happened before, and today we are going to see a...

May 04, 2026 from The Emu Café Social

Pook-Emu Bee: Links For 05-04-26

Saturday was Newsletter day and I was busy on Sunday, so our daily Pook-Emu Bee links had the weekend off. But there are no such impediments this Monday, so I am back with my regularly scheduled li...

May 04, 2026 from Daily Medieval

The Second Barons' War Begins

So the first phase of the Second Barons' War happened very quickly. The rebellious barons invaded London and captured King Henry III and Queen Eleanor of Provence. Simon de Montfort, who was marrie...

May 04, 2026 from LBV Magazine English Edition

A large circular Bronze Age ditch with 3 access gates and another 60 structures found in a Hungarian mine

The archaeological research team from the Herman Ottó Museum has resumed its excavation work in the vicinity of the Bükkábrány open-pit lignite mine in northern Hungary, continuing the efforts that...

May 04, 2026 from LBV Magazine English Edition

Researchers Discover How Oaks Trick Their Predators by Delaying the Start of Spring

The analysis, carried out using Sentinel-1 radar satellites over 2,400 square kilometers of forest in Lower Franconia (Germany), reveals that this temporary and reversible strategy is more effectiv...

May 04, 2026 from LBV Magazine English Edition

No bridge crosses the Amazon, the longest river in the world: how is it possible?

The Amazon basin holds the largest mass of moving freshwater on the planet. Its tributaries are born in the Andes, pass through jungles that span nine countries, and end in an estuary so wide it co...

May 03, 2026 from Daily Medieval

The Provisions Overturned

The Provisions of Oxford, a result of the barons demanding reforms from King Henry III during the Mad Parliament in exchange for raising money for him, were overturned a few years later.Henry's nee...

May 03, 2026 from LBV Magazine English Edition

A Copper Age Settlement in Portugal Imported Rock Blades for Its Tools from Granada, Over 500 Kilometers Away, Exactly the Same as the Local Ones

Vila Nova de São Pedro, a fortified village located in the Azambuja region (Portugal), was during the Copper Age (between 2800 and 2100 BCE) a center of great significance. Thousands of stone tools...

May 02, 2026 from LBV Magazine English Edition

The Discovery of Circular Public Baths and a Villa with Mosaics Reveals the Urban Evolution of Alexandria Throughout Its Various Periods

The rescue excavation mission under the Supreme Council of Antiquities, working in the Muharram Bey area in the central district of Alexandria, has brought to light a distinct set of archaeological...

May 02, 2026 from LBV Magazine English Edition

21 Tombs from the Early Saka Scythian Culture and an Enigmatic Circular Structure Discovered in Kyrgyzstan

The construction works for a bypass road on the northern edge of the city of Cholpon-Ata, on the western shore of Lake Issyk-Kul in Kyrgyzstan, have uncovered a first-rate archaeological site that ...

May 02, 2026 from Daily Medieval

The Provisions of Westminster

The Provisions of Oxford, reorganizing the government of England with a series of reforms that removed power from King Henry III and distributed it among a large council of barons and others, were ...

May 02, 2026 from LBV Magazine English Edition

Forum of the Only Roman Colony in the Iberian Peninsula That Had Never Been Excavated Discovered in Andalusia

On an olive estate in Jaen (Andalusia, Spain) in the upper Guadalquivir, where farmers have worked the land for decades, the monumental remains of a Roman city lay hidden, which completely changed ...

May 01, 2026 from The Emu Café Social

Pook-Emu Bee: Links For 05-01-26

We welcome May with a new edition of the daily Pook-Emu Bee links (after a spotty week). It looks nice outside my window… 1. Stripe introduces Link, a digital wallet that autonomous AI agents can u...

May 01, 2026 from A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry

Collections: Raising Carthaginian Armies, Part III: Generals, Warlords and Vassals

This is the third part (I, II) of our series looking at how Carthage’s complex, multipart armies were raised and constituted. Last time, we looked at the backbone of Carthage’s armies: North Africa...

May 01, 2026 from Daily Medieval

The Mad Parliament

King Henry III had spent lavishly on many things, including trying to fund a war to gain the Kingdom of Sicily for his younger son Edmund. He was confronted by a number of barons who would only agr...

May 01, 2026 from LBV Magazine English Edition

Evolution Has Reused the Same Genes for 120 Million Years: A Study Questions the Randomness of Nature

An international team of scientists has confirmed that evolution has used the same genetic repertoire for over 120 million years, suggesting that patterns of change in life on Earth may be more pre...

May 01, 2026 from LBV Magazine English Edition

Astronomers Discover Loki, an Ancient Stellar System Hidden in the Milky Way

Researchers from the United Kingdom, Canada, Chile, and other countries have analyzed in detail 20 very old stars located in the solar neighborhood, all of them following unusual orbits that keep t...

May 01, 2026 from LBV Magazine English Edition

George Maniakes, the Byzantine military genius who conquered Sicily twice from the Muslims aided by the Viking Harald Hardrada and Norman mercenaries

Between the years 1614 and 1618, the military officer Joan de Roca Maldonato, who was in command of the most important fortress the Spaniards possessed in Syracuse, carried out a series of reinforc...

Apr 30, 2026 from The Emu Café Social

Banned Trees and Plants in New Jersey

I read an April 18, 2026 report in the New York Post titled After holding its nose for decades, NJ finally bans stinky Bradford pear tree: Under a new law, the Bradford pear tree and 29 other non-n...