Posts tagged "history"

Aug 17, 2026 from Daily Medieval

Pepin's Rebellion

There was a rebellion against Charlemagne in 792 by a handful of Frankish nobles headed by Charlemagne's eldest son, Pepin the Hunchback.An anonymous Saxon poet known only as Poeta Saxo, writing in...

Aug 16, 2026 from LBV Magazine English Edition

A Particle Composed Only of Force: Scientists Confirm the Existence of a Previously Unknown State of Matter

For more than half a century, particle physics has pursued one of the most elusive and fascinating predictions of quantum chromodynamics (QCD), the theory that describes the strong nuclear force. I...

Aug 16, 2026 from LBV Magazine English Edition

The Lost City of Mesn and the Original Route of the Way of Horus Discovered, the Military Road That in Antiquity Connected Egypt with the Mediterranean Levant

Excavations carried out during the current season at the archaeological site of Tell Abu Saifi, located in the town of East Qantara, in Ismailia Governorate, have provided a body of evidence that m...

Aug 16, 2026 from Daily Medieval

Pepin the Hunchback's Treatment

Charlemagne's first son was named Pepin. Shortly after his birth he developed a spinal deformity that has caused historians to refer to him as "Pepin the Hunchback."His mother was the concubine Him...

Aug 16, 2026 from LBV Magazine English Edition

Roman Emperors Did Plan for the Future of Their Dynasties, According to a Study

Were Roman emperors simply improvisers who waited to see what would happen after their death? Or did they carefully plan for the future of their dynasties, thinking not only about their immediate s...

Aug 15, 2026 from Daily Medieval

Hunchbacks

In William Shakespeare's Richard III, someone refers to Richard as “that foule hunch-backt toade.” It's the first recorded instance of the term for someone who had a less-than-straight spine, and—p...

Aug 15, 2026 from LBV Magazine English Edition

Philogelos is the oldest joke book in the world, and why some of its jokes still work 1,600 years later

In 2008, British comedian Jim Bowen stepped onto a stage to try out new material. Only the material wasn’t new at all: it had been written since the 4th century. Bowen read to a contemporary audien...

Aug 15, 2026 from LBV Magazine English Edition

Daorson, the Illyrian capital of the mysterious Daorsi that Rome did not protect despite more than a century of demonstrated loyalty

On a hill in Herzegovina, less than an hour from Mostar, a limestone wall 65 meters long, 4.2 meters wide, and up to 7.5 meters high still stands, having survived for more than two thousand years w...

Aug 14, 2026 from ℤ→ℤ

Number of bags of a given length with exactly d distinct elements

We develop a formula for counting the number of bags of length \(l\) containing \(d\) distinct elements drawn from \(t\) objects. The formula involves multiplication of combinations without replace...

Aug 14, 2026 from The Emu Café Social

Pook-Emu Bee: Links For 08-14-26

Let us complete our perfect Pook-Emu Bee link week before our regularly scheduled day off for Newsletter Saturday. 1 | Sekiwake Wakatakakage Begins Rehabilitation After Narrowly Avoiding Leg Amputa...

Aug 14, 2026 from Palladium

Technological Determinism and Human Freedom

For millennia, myths and philosophy warned of tools entrapping us in tragedies of our own making. But the discovery of technology offers its own horizon of choice, and with it escape from such fate...

Aug 14, 2026 from A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry

Fireside Friday, August 14, 2026 (On Financing Pre-Modern Navies)

Hey folks, fireside this week as I get ready for the start of a new semester! For this week, I wanted to talk briefly about the wrinkles that financing navies poses with regards to our worldbuildin...

Aug 14, 2026 from LBV Magazine English Edition

Tree Rings Reveal the Exact Chronology of the Ancient Phrygian City of Gordion, Capital of the Legendary King Midas

The ancient city of Gordion, capital of the Phrygian kingdom and recently declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site, now has a new and precise chronology for its most important construction phases. An ...

Aug 14, 2026 from Daily Medieval

Richard of Conisburgh

Richard of Conisburgh, 3rd Earl of Cambridge, was one of the chief conspirators of the Southampton Plot to eliminate Henry V and replace him with Edmund Mortimer. He had an impressive lineage. His ...

Aug 14, 2026 from LBV Magazine English Edition

Women Also Organized Banquets: Epigraphy Reveals the Leading Role of Females in Public Celebrations in Roman Hispania

When we think about Roman society, the image that usually comes to mind is that of a world dominated by men: senators, magistrates, generals, and emperors. According to the traditional narrative, w...

Aug 13, 2026 from The Emu Café Social

Five Linux Apps to Install on Day One

I read a How to Geek blog post titled 5 apps new Linux users should install on day one (HT Tux Machines). The author, Dibakar Ghosh, recommended the following apps: GNOME Tweaks and GNOME Extension...

Aug 13, 2026 from The Emu Café Social

Finding a Good Monospace Font For Prose

Unlike Ben Tsai, I have never been an engineer. But like Ben Tsai, I “appreciate the feel of a monospaced font, [and] want something that is optimized for prose.” In my case, I write drafts (and la...

Aug 13, 2026 from The Emu Café Social

“Moments Away”

I added a significant number of Google News feeds for specific Brooklyn neighborhoods to my feed collection (future article topic?). I then went through the initial set of articles that came up. I ...

Aug 13, 2026 from The Emu Café Social

Pook-Emu Bee: Links For 08-13-26

I was working late into the night (unfortunately not on articles), but I am back for another Pook-Emu Bee link (one away from Sunday-Friday perfection before we yield the floor on Saturday for The ...

Aug 13, 2026 from Daily Medieval

Isabel's Planned Marriage

I mentioned yesterday the links between the three men who hatched the Southampton Plot to assassinate Henry V and put Edmund Mortimer on the throne. Two of the men made a close tie with each other ...