Chocolate finds its way onto even the most simplistic dessert menus today to satisfy the sweetest sweet-tooth. In ancient Mesoamerica, chocolate was deemed a specialty food, achieving a sacred status. - HeritageDaily - Archaeology News
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King Henry VIII's second wife did not wish to be bossed around by the court. As one of the more controversial figures of the 16th century, Anne
The SCA’s “Known World” is divided into twenty regions called kingdoms, and within the kingdoms there are hundreds of local SCA groups – Cantons, Shires, and Baronies. To find the local group nearest you, either use the Kingdom Lookup Tool, or check the list below for zipcode lookups and kingdom listings of local groups Your […]
A recent study indicates that volcanic eruptions in the mid 500s resulted in an unusually gloomy and cold period, and that the years 536 and 541-544 CE were very difficult for many people.
One of the best prehistoric case studies is the Bronze Age Collapse which occured in the decades of approximately 1150 BC.
In 1962, an Alemannic burial site containing human skeletal remains was discovered in Niederstotzingen (Baden-Württemberg, Germany). Researchers at the Eurac Research Centre in Bozen-Bolzano, Italy, and at the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History in Jena, Germany, have now examined the DNA of these skeletal remains. - HeritageDaily - Archaeology News
The wassail bowl and wassailing is an ancient, thousand year old English tradition that is said to go back as far as Saxon and Viking times.
Archaeological Evidence Points To New Brunswick As Most Likely Site Of Lost Viking Settlement
A detailed map depicting the world known by the Vikings in the Viking Age with original placenames in the Old Norse language.
How and when did Orkney become such a key player in the relations between Norway and Scotland? Were the Earls of Orkney a barrier to war between the nations?
This 17th-century antique map of Spain, by cartographer Willem Janszoon, is a beautiful addition to your home or office. This map was originally printed in 1630 as "Nova Regnia Hispaniae Descriptio" and contains delightful miniature cityscapes and people in the borders. My fine art reproduction is printed in archival inks on Epson ultra-premium luster paper for lasting beauty. Map art prints are available in six different sizes: 8 x 10 inches, A4 (8.3 x 11.7 inches), 11 x 14 inches, A3 (11.7 x 16.5 inches), 16 x 20 inches, and 24 x 30 inches. They are shipped flat in a rigid mailer, except for the 24 x 30 inch size, which is rolled in a tube. Your art print arrives ready to frame and hang on your wall! SIZES: Larger prints offer better legibility of the map labels and text than smaller prints. In addition, the different length-to-width ratios of the various sizes of prints offered here result in slightly different crops of the artwork: An A3 print will look slightly different than a 16 x 20 inch print. PLEASE NOTE: This is a reproduction of a map that is hundreds of years old, and the image shows discoloration, foxing, and occasionally other damage to the original paper. The borders of the map may not be perfectly rectangular or parallel with each other. These add to the charm and antique appearance of your print. To see more of my artwork, hand-bound books, historical maps, and writing supplies, please visit the main shop page at http://arteofthebooke.etsy.com/
Gutenberg invents the printing press, which quickly spreads throughout Europe. William Caxton (England) and Aldus Manutius (Italy) are some of the early adopters of the technology.
Chocolate finds its way onto even the most simplistic dessert menus today to satisfy the sweetest sweet-tooth. In ancient Mesoamerica, chocolate was deemed a specialty food, achieving a sacred status. - HeritageDaily - Archaeology News
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At Kentwell Hall, Suffolk
This tapestry (originally even larger) was woven on a single loom for the great hall of a nobleman's estate. It provided insulation against winter cold and decoration for an otherwise austere environment. Here the young Greek prince Meleager prepares to hunt the Calydonian Boar, a story told by the Roman poet, Ovid. Meleager gathers heroes of ancient Greece - including Jason, Theseus, Nestor, and Peleus - to chase the savage wild boar sent by the goddess Diana to ravage the lands of his father the king of Calydon. In front of the left column is the brave and beautiful Atalanta, later beloved of Meleager. She will kill the boar with a lance (held by an attendant). Hunting wild boar was a privilege reserved to the nobility and was validated and glorified in the eyes of contemporaries by representations of heroic hunts from the mythic past such as this one.
This article will focus mainly on the earliest period of Norse settlement, before the Norse earldom was established.
Trees are a data viz tool that has outlived empires and endured huge upheavals in the arts and sciences.
Fine Art Print of Map of the Iberian Peninsula in the 1300s and 1400s. Printed color lithograph reproduction of a 19th-century illustration #MediaStorehouse
Reproduction print of a vintage 1777 map of the northeastern United States. Lab printed on Fujicolor Crystal Archive Matte paper. Some of the small type may not be completely legible at the sizes smaller than 20x30 inches. Sizes 20x30 inches and smaller ship flat in a cardboard box. Sizes larger than 20x30 inches ship loosely rolled in a rigid tube. All mounted/framed prints ship flat. Additional sizes and customization may be available, contact us for more info.
