Posts tagged "history"

May 26, 2026 from Daily Medieval

Sweyn Forkbeard

European history classrooms in America often talk about the Danish King Cnut (Canute) and his conquest of England. The modern world also hears about Cnut's grandfather, Harald Bluetooth, from whom ...

May 26, 2026 from LBV Magazine English Edition

How the Romans Transformed Europe Without Imposing Their Culture: A Study Shows That Romanization Was a Process of Negotiation

Two archaeological sites in the region of Carinthia (Austria) tell a little-known story about how the Romans built their empire. These are the hill settlement of Magdalensberg and the planned city ...

May 26, 2026 from LBV Magazine English Edition

The Extraordinary Life of Grace O’Malley, the Indomitable Pirate Chief of Her Clan Who Ruled the Ports of Western Ireland

She lived in the 16th century, was the head of the O’Malley Irish clan, was labeled as a pirate for seizing any ship that refused to pay a tribute for fishing in her waters, personally met with non...

May 26, 2026 from The Emu Café Social

Pink Tea With Baking Soda

My friend told me that she was making “Kashmiri chai” tea this morning. She correctly anticipated that I did not know what Kashmiri chai was and sent a link to the recipe she was using. I read the ...

May 25, 2026 from The Emu Café Social

Moina Michael and the Remembrance Poppy

Inspired by Col. John McCrae’s poem, In Fladers Fields, Georgia resident and professor Moina Michael championed the remembrance  poppy following World War I. Sara Freeland, writing for UGA Today, e...

May 25, 2026 from The Emu Café Social

Pook-Emu Bee: Links For Memorial Day (2026)

The Pook-Emu Bee links return today for Memorial Day, a day for remembering those Americans who gave their lives in battle. I put together some suitable links for the occasion to lead off today’s P...

May 25, 2026 from LBV Magazine English Edition

Researches Discover How Megalithic Architecture Spread Across Europe—It Was Not Through Migrations

That children from previous relationships grow up as siblings in a new family, or that couples adopt or foster children—the so-called blended families—constitute today a widespread model of coexist...

May 25, 2026 from LBV Magazine English Edition

Fossils of the Oldest Giant Crane in Europe and the Oldest Raven in the Iberian Peninsula Found in Granada

The current image of the Granada high plateau, dominated by arid and semi-desert landscapes, is misleading if one goes back in time to approximately a million and a half years ago. At that time, th...

May 25, 2026 from LBV Magazine English Edition

Fingerprints of Artisans and Officials Discovered on the Backs of Clay Seals from Ancient Jerusalem

When a package arrives at home, the modern consumer inspects the seal of the packaging: a sheet of plastic or an adhesive tape that guarantees that no one has opened the box beforehand. That need t...

May 25, 2026 from Daily Medieval

Defectors

It must have been a shock when Thorkell the Tall, a leader and warrior of the early 12th-century Danish invasion of England, changed his stance and decided to join the English forces of King Æthelr...

May 25, 2026 from LBV Magazine English Edition

More than Twenty Bases of Votive Statues Found Still in Their Original Position at the Sanctuary of Apollo in Frangissa, Cyprus

The Department of Antiquities of the Deputy Ministry of Culture has announced the conclusion of the fifth campaign of modern archaeological excavation at the Sanctuary of Apollo in Frangissa, locat...

May 25, 2026 from LBV Magazine English Edition

Did Alexander the Great Descend into the Depths of the Ocean? The Incredible Myth of the Conquering King and His Diving Bell

Imagine for a moment the following scene: beneath the surface of an ocean teeming with fish of every size and color, a man with the appearance of a king, seated inside a glass barrel, gazes at the ...

May 24, 2026 from LBV Magazine English Edition

Evidence Found in Ethiopia That Homo sapiens Cremated Their Dead 100,000 Years Ago, 60,000 Before the Oldest Known Record

An international research team, which includes Ferhat Kaya, a researcher at the Academy of Finland at the University of Oulu, has discovered what could be the earliest evidence of human cremation. ...

May 24, 2026 from Daily Medieval

Thorkell the Tall

The Danish raid on Canterbury in 1011 included a leader named Thorkell the Tall. He was an important enough man that his name was recorded on a few runestones, such as the one pictured here in Swed...

May 23, 2026 from Palladium

The Burden of Discernment

Scientific institutions are struggling to survive under a mountain of publications and poor standards of peer review. Artificial Intelligence could usher in a new era of knowledge, or be its downfa...

May 23, 2026 from Daily Medieval

A Noble End

The Archbishop of Canterbury, Alfheah (also Alphege, was captured during an invasion of Vikings in 1011. Eadric Streona was supposedly sent to negotiate. Unfortunately, Eadric might not have been t...

May 23, 2026 from LBV Magazine English Edition

The Romans Recycled Emperor Statues: A Study Reveals How and Why the Faces of Power Were Recarved

In ancient Rome, statues of emperors were not immutable. They could change faces. A ruler who had fallen from favor would see his features chiseled away to make room for the image of his successor,...

May 22, 2026 from A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry

Collections: Raising Carthaginian Armies, Part V: How a Carthaginian Army Fights

This is the fifth and last part of our series (I, II, III, IV, V) looking at how Carthaginian armies were raised and constituted. Over the last four parts, we’ve looked at the larger components of ...

May 22, 2026 from The Emu Café Social

Pook-Emu Bee: Links For 05-22-26

I was too busy yesterday to put together my daily Pook-Emu Bee links. I am busy today as well, but not too busy to take a link break. Article Links 1. Six search engines worth trying now that Googl...

May 22, 2026 from Daily Medieval

Ælfheah of Canterbury

Yesterday mentioned that Eadric Streona failed to negotiate the release of the Archbishop of Canterbury, Ælfheah, from the Vikings. Ælfheah (we are told) did not want a ransom paid for his release....