Posts Tagged ‘history’
Syphilis origins point to Columbus
EMORY (US) — New analysis of skeletal evidence suggests Christopher Columbus returned to Europe with unpleasant cargo: the bacteria that evolved into syphilis. Continue…
Thursday, December 22, 2011 16:25 - 2 Comments
Society & Culture - Nov 3, 2011 12:19 - 2 Comments
OMG! Twitter has roots in the 17th century
STANFORD (US) — The explosion of information via social media is nothing new. Europeans were similarly bombarded with an avalanche of new communication forms during the 17th and 18th centuries. (more…)
Top Stories - Oct 27, 2011 9:27 - 2 Comments
Codebreakers decipher 300-year-old secret
USC (US) — Scientists have cracked the code of a 300-year-old, 75,000-character manuscript that is handwritten in abstract symbols and Roman letters and fills 105 pages. (more…)
Top Stories - Oct 12, 2011 9:26 - 0 Comments
WWI artifacts tell of life on the frontline
U. MELBOURNE (AUS) — More than 100 artifacts from the First World War have been uncovered in an archaeological fieldwork survey on the Gallipoli battlefield in Turkey. (more…)
Top Stories - Jul 22, 2011 10:25 - 3 Comments
Armor: What not to wear into battle
U. LEEDS (UK) — Medieval soldiers may have felt protected wearing suits of armor into battle, but research shows the armor actually limited their ability to fight, draining energy and restricting breathing. (more…)
Society & Culture - Apr 8, 2011 11:07 - 6 Comments
The case of the missing virginity
UC DAVIS (US) — For generations and across cultures, marriage for women has been a test of chastity, and the proof was in the hymen. (more…)
Society & Culture - Mar 3, 2011 18:00 - 0 Comments
Website brings Middle East close to home
U. CHICAGO (US) — A new online resource explores the history and the culture of the Middle East, from prehistory to the development of modern states. (more…)
Society & Culture - Dec 6, 2010 13:07 - 4 Comments
Medieval England better off than Haiti
U. WARWICK (UK) — New research paints a rosier economic picture of medieval England suggesting the country was twice as well-off as today’s poorest nations, including Haiti and Afghanistan. (more…)
Society & Culture - Jul 19, 2010 11:45 - 1 Comment
Mayan treasures discovered in king’s tomb
BROWN (US)—A well-preserved tomb of an ancient Mayan king has been discovered in Guatemala. The tomb is packed with carvings, ceramics, textiles, and the bones of six children, who may have been sacrificed at the time of the king’s death. (more…)
Society & Culture - Jun 28, 2010 12:55 - 1 Comment
18th-century London as never seen before
U. SHEFFIELD (UK)—The largest set of handwritten manuscripts—40 million words—ever posted online offers the public access to the sometimes gritty lives of 18th-century Londoners. (more…)
Science & Technology - Jun 8, 2010 10:01 - 0 Comments
Tree-ring dating rewrites home’s history
U. FLORIDA (US)—Researchers recently joined forces to settle a question for historians working to renovate one of the oldest properties in St. Augustine, Florida: the Ximénez-Fatio house. (more…)
Society & Culture - May 19, 2010 12:42 - 1 Comment
Haiti quake reaction neglects history’s lessons
NYU (US)—International responses to rebuild Haiti after the January earthquake are unlikely to successfully transform the country, says New York University’s Millery Polyné, because these measures do not consider power, politics, and Haitian history—especially its relations with the United States. (more…)
Society & Culture - Apr 2, 2010 8:53 - 4 Comments
National treasure: Haiti’s history found
DUKE (US)— The only known printed copy of Haiti’s Declaration of Independence has been found in the British National Archives by a graduate student from Duke University. (more…)
Society & Culture - Mar 1, 2010 18:53 - 0 Comments
Brome’s plays hit the digital stage
U. SHEFFIELD (UK)—The collected works of dramatist Richard Brome, which have not appeared in a complete edition since 1873, are now available through a fully-searchable Web site. (more…)
Society & Culture - Feb 17, 2010 12:34 - 0 Comments
Good policy: Partisanship, smaller paychecks
U. ROCHESTER / STANFORD (US)—Government critics often call for more transparency and less pork barrel legislation, however, a new study finds that vigorous two-party competition and modest salaries for lawmakers provide the best guarantee for meaningful, broad-based governance. (more…)
Society & Culture - Jan 14, 2010 12:19 - 1 Comment
Ancient Mongolia—no passport needed
U. OREGON—A newly published atlas, Web site, and digital photo archive document a little-known yet fascinating area of the world—the Mongolian Altai. (more…)
Society & Culture - Nov 9, 2009 13:10 - 1 Comment
Reincarnated Day of the Dead
RUTGERS (US)—The Day of the Dead, a well known ritual in many parts of Latin America, is gaining popularity in the United States. New fieldwork suggests the ceremony has become a forum for political statement. (more…)
Society & Culture - Oct 7, 2009 11:40 - 1 Comment
Savio as symbol of free speech movement
NYU (US)—Mario Savio’s three-decade life as an activist ended in much the way it began, aggravating a university administration in his advocacy of free speech, according to the first biography of the civil rights leader, authored by historian Robert Cohen. (more…)
Society & Culture - Sep 30, 2009 14:28 - 1 Comment
Separating historical fact from film fiction
WASHINGTON-ST. LOUIS (US)—Showing popular historical dramas in a classroom setting can be a double-edged sword when it comes to helping students learn and retain factual information found in textbooks, a new study finds. (more…)
