Posts tagged "history"

Jun 18, 2026 from LBV Magazine English Edition

Exceptional Mosaic of the River God Eurymedon from the 3rd Century A.D. Found in Ancient Aspendos

The archaeological excavations carried out by the Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism in the ancient city of Aspendos, located in the province of Antalya, have yielded a discovery of exceptiona...

Jun 18, 2026 from Daily Medieval

The Children of Priests

Pope Gregory VII (c.1015 - 1085) tried to establish many reforms in the Church, they did not all "stick." One of his reforms was to prevent priests keeping families in the vicarage, and appointing ...

Jun 18, 2026 from LBV Magazine English Edition

A strange monolithic sculpture with two figures receiving a “fluid from a divine entity” discovered in Veracruz

The excavations, carried out by the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) as part of the archaeological salvage project on a plot of approximately 12 hectares intended for residenti...

Jun 18, 2026 from LBV Magazine English Edition

Archaeologists decipher a Roman curse tablet with magical symbols found in ancient Coriovallum

A research team from the University of Heidelberg has managed to decipher the contents of a curse tablet from the Roman era found in the Dutch municipality of Heerlen, a discovery that provides new...

Jun 18, 2026 from LBV Magazine English Edition

Ancient Sanctuary Aligned with the Solstice Discovered, Built as a “Prototype” 500 Years Before Stonehenge

Just days before thousands gather at Stonehenge to celebrate the summer solstice on June 21, a team of archaeologists from Wessex Archaeology, led by Phil Harding, has announced the discovery of an...

Jun 17, 2026 from LBV Magazine English Edition

The Oldest Plague Outbreak in History Discovered in Siberia: Marmots Transmitted the Bacteria to Hunter-Gatherers 5,500 Years Ago

An international team of researchers has managed to reconstruct the genome of ancestral strains of Yersinia pestis from human remains found in four hunter-gatherer cemeteries located in the Lake Ba...

Jun 17, 2026 from Daily Medieval

The Canons on Responsibility, Part 2

The Fourth Lateran Council called in 1215 by Pope Innocent III had three chief objectives: Church reform, freeing the Holy Land, and eliminating heresy. Part of Church reform was making clear the d...

Jun 17, 2026 from The Public Domain Review

Louis Pope Gratacap, A Curator in Lost Worlds

Arguably the first work of fiction to feature a *Tyrannosaurus rex*, Louis Pope Gratacap’s *The New Northland* (1915) is at once kaleidoscopic, mischievous, fascinating — and exhausting. Richard Fa...

Jun 17, 2026 from The Public Domain Review

The Art of Kite Flying (1430–1929)

69 images of kite flying from across 5 centuries and some 10 countries.

Jun 17, 2026 from LBV Magazine English Edition

Hundreds of Thousands of Quadrillions of Bacteria Could Have Reached a Moon of Jupiter from Earth in the Last 80 Million Years

In a fascinating twist for astrobiology, a new study published by researcher Zaza Osmanov, from the Free University of Tbilisi and the National Astrophysical Observatory of Georgia, suggests that E...

Jun 17, 2026 from LBV Magazine English Edition

Late Roman Sarcophagus Discovered Intact and Sealed in the Subsoil of Ancient Epidaurum in Croatia

The emergency archaeological excavations carried out on the plot at 8 Zorina Street, in the historic center of Cavtat in Croatia, have yielded a discovery of exceptional importance for the understa...

Jun 17, 2026 from LBV Magazine English Edition

A New Hypothesis Explains the Mysterious Premature Death of Simonetta Vespucci, Botticelli’s Muse

Researchers from Queen Mary University of London, the Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma, and the University of California have just published in Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism a new study ...

Jun 16, 2026 from LBV Magazine English Edition

Largest Roman Bath Complex in the Netherlands Found in Nijmegen

Archaeological excavations carried out in the Dutch city of Nijmegen have revealed the remains of what is considered the largest Roman-era thermal complex discovered to date in Dutch territory. The...

Jun 16, 2026 from The Emu Café Social

Pook-Emu Bee: Links For 06-16-26

Time for a new edition of Pook-Emu Bee links on this very pretty (in Brooklyn, at least) June 16. 1. SCOTUS To Newman: Drop Dead (Josh Blackman at The Volokh Conspiracy. June 15, 2026.) Say what on...

Jun 16, 2026 from LBV Magazine English Edition

Remains of a Large Hellenistic Temple Discovered in Northern Albania in an Ancient and Lost Illyrian City

A team of archaeologists from the University of Warsaw and the University of Tirana has documented, during the recently concluded excavation campaign, the remains of a monumental construction on th...

Jun 16, 2026 from Daily Medieval

The Canons on Responsibility, Part 1

The Fourth Lateran Council called in 1215 by Pope Innocent III had three chief objectives: Church reform, freeing the Holy Land, and eliminating heresy. Part of Church reform was making clear the d...

Jun 16, 2026 from LBV Magazine English Edition

Maya Stela with the Oldest Long Count in the Lowlands Found in Campeche— it predates the Tikal record by 112 years

Two decades of exploration work conducted in the archaeological zone of El Palmar, located in the state of Campeche, have allowed a team of researchers to identify a monument that substantially mod...

Jun 16, 2026 from LBV Magazine English Edition

Imperial Roman Villa Discovered in Castel di Guido, Possibly Belonging to Patricians Close to Hadrian or Antoninus Pius

The Roman countryside continues to yield first-class archaeological surprises. An important imperial-era Roman villa has been discovered in the agricultural holding of Castel di Guido, thanks to an...

Jun 16, 2026 from LBV Magazine English Edition

Carus, the Roman Emperor Struck by Lightning, and Whose Death Was Seized Upon by the Son of a Freedman Named Diocles to Seize Power

Diocletian has gone down in History as one of the most important Roman emperors for the political, economic, military, and administrative reorganization he implemented, which allowed the Crisis of ...

Jun 16, 2026 from The Emu Café Social

How I’ll Take My Coffee

Simon at Firesphere.dev wrote a short post titled If you want to buy me a coffee in response to a hot take post on the IndieWeb against “Buy Me a Coffee” buttons on blogs or capitalism or something...