Posts tagged "history"

Jun 09, 2026 from The Emu Café Social

Pook-Emu Bee: Links For 06-09-26

I am on a daily Pook-Emu Bee links roll. Today, I keep it doing with a third consecutive edition of the links. 1. Construction of jail in tony NYC nabe turns into potentially deadly ‘clown show’ wi...

Jun 09, 2026 from LBV Magazine English Edition

The Iberians of the Northeast of the Iberian Peninsula Maintained Genetic Continuity for Six Centuries Despite Contact with Phoenicians and Greeks

The Iberian peoples who inhabited the northeast of the Iberian Peninsula during the Iron Age preserved their genetic identity with few modifications over approximately six centuries, despite docume...

Jun 09, 2026 from The Public Domain Review

The Launch of Our Mid-Year Fundraiser!

Our Mid-Year Fundraiser is launched, and the new postcards theme will be Soil.

Jun 09, 2026 from Daily Medieval

Finland

From 950 and 1320 CE saw the growth and development in the Scandinavian countries of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden, as well as Iceland.Finland (shown here in dark green, between Sweden and Russia) wa...

Jun 09, 2026 from LBV Magazine English Edition

1,200-Year-Old Game Board Found in Ancient Volubilis Carved into the Steps of a Medieval Public Bath

A team of archaeologists has discovered in the remains of a medieval public bath in the Moroccan city of Walila —the ancient Volubilis— a stone-carved game board dating from between the late 8th an...

Jun 09, 2026 from LBV Magazine English Edition

A rare Roman mosaic of exceptional craftsmanship and preservation discovered in Soissons, combining two construction techniques

The subsoil of the Aisne department continues to surprise archaeologists. In the Saint-Crépin neighborhood of Soissons, in northern France, the work to install a district heating network has uncove...

Jun 09, 2026 from LBV Magazine English Edition

The “World’s Smallest Adult” Was the Mexican Artist Lucía Zárate

In the winter of 1889-90 occurred what has gone down in history as the Great Sierra Nevada Snow Blockade: a succession of severe snowstorms that battered the border area between California and Neva...

Jun 09, 2026 from The Emu Café Social

Shooting Successfully With Any Footwork in Basketball

I came across Brian McCormick’s Hard2Guard Player Development Newsletter, which focuses on coaching basketball, via Mike Klinzing’s Hoops Head Podcast Newsletter (Hoops Head inspired one of my rece...

Jun 08, 2026 from The Emu Café Social

No Grand Slam Winners in 2026 French Open Men’s R16

I watched a good amount of most of tennis’ grand slams from about 2000 through 2013 or so. I was a Roger Federer fan, and for a good chunk of that period, you could always count on Mr. Federer play...

Jun 08, 2026 from The Emu Café Social

Pook-Emu Bee: Links For 06-08-26

Wherein I managed to successfully publish my “daily” Pook-Emu Bee links for a second consecutive day (what a twist!). 1. Persona 4 Revival Broadcast Announced As Atlus Reveals New Mechanics, Editio...

Jun 08, 2026 from LBV Magazine English Edition

Dozens of Headless Skeletons Found in Slovakia Point to Neolithic Funerary Rituals, Not a Massacre

Researchers from the Christian-Albrechts University of Kiel (CAU) and the Slovak Academy of Sciences in Nitra have published the first conclusions about the exceptional archaeological site of Vrábl...

Jun 08, 2026 from Daily Medieval

Alexander III's Reign

In 1179, Pope Alexander III, now able to function as the recognized pope after his imperial-supported rival popes were suppressed, was in a position to summon clergy from all over to address some r...

Jun 08, 2026 from LBV Magazine English Edition

Wells, Waterwheels, and Canals Leading Water to Saladin’s Citadel Fortress in Cairo Discovered

The work of the joint Egyptian-French archaeological mission, composed of members from the Supreme Council of Antiquities and the French Institute of Oriental Archaeology (IFAO), has brought to lig...

Jun 08, 2026 from LBV Magazine English Edition

Enigmatic Iron Age “hole belts” in Denmark may be defensive structures similar to those Caesar encountered at Alesia

For years, archaeologists have found tens of thousands of holes about thirty or forty centimeters deep arranged in bands between three and six meters wide, stretching for several kilometers across ...

Jun 08, 2026 from LBV Magazine English Edition

Spanish Archaeologists Discover in Tusculum the Basilica That Served as a Model for This Type of Roman Building

This past January 2026, Italian authorities announced a discovery that shook the archaeological world: the so-called Basilica of Vitruvius in Fanum Fortunae, present-day Fano, considered the only c...

Jun 08, 2026 from The Emu Café Social

On Personal Search Engines

I read a blog post titled Personal Search Engines with interest (HT Steve Makofsky). The author, Jason J. Gullickson, describes building a prototype federated personal search engine seeded with dom...

Jun 07, 2026 from The Emu Café Social

Self-Hosting Adventures (Kenneth Reitz)

I stumbled upon a blog post by Kenneth Reitz on his personal blog via Bubbles. The essay, titled Self-Hosting Adventures, is well-advertised by its headline. While my personal set-up does not have ...

Jun 07, 2026 from The Emu Café Social

Pook-Emu Bee: Links For 06-07-26

I was only able to publish two editions of Pook-Emu Bee links last week. Thus, to make amends, I present a rare Sunday edition of the Pook-Emu Bee. For link fans out there, I include many links in ...

Jun 07, 2026 from Daily Medieval

Pope Alexander III

A man born in Siena c.1100 named Roland grew up to make significant changes to the Roman Catholic Church. His name was Roland, and he studied theology at (probably) Bologna, according to Robert de ...

Jun 07, 2026 from LBV Magazine English Edition

Greek Acropolises, Neither Democratic Refuges nor Residences of Prehistoric Kings: A Study Questions Their Origin and Function

No one who has visited Athens forgets the image of the Acropolis crowning the city with its gleaming marbles. However, a new academic study has just overturned decades of misinterpretations about w...