WEIRD HISTORY
Modern vampires like Dracula may be dashing, but they certainly weren’t in the original vampire myths. Archive Photos/ Moviepix via Getty Images – By Stanley Stepanic, Assistant Professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures, University of Virginia 2021 Oct 14 – The vampire is …
A powerful explosion on 2021 Oct 08, in a mosque in northern Afghanistan, left several dead. AP Photo/Abdullah Sahil – By Abdulkader Sinno, Associate Professor of Political Science and Middle Eastern Studies, Indiana University 2021 Oct 25 – Close to a hundred Afghan Shiite …
The mass-marketing of the Day of the Dead is evident in the costumes that people buy for the day. Man Hon Lam / EyeEm Getty Images – By Mathew Sandoval, Lecturer in Culture & Performance, Arizona State University 2021 Oct 27 – As …
A curator at the British Museum details the spooky find in a new book. The tablet depicts a male ghost being led back to the afterlife, curator Irving Finkel says. Photo: British Museum / Line drawing: James Fraser and Chris Cobb for The …
Analysis of wood from timber-framed buildings in Newfoundland shows Norse-built settlement 471 years before Columbus. The Icelandic sagas depict a Viking presence in North America, led by Leif Erikson in a place called Vinland. Photograph: Alamy Stock Photo – Reuters Last modified on …
Every particle of normal matter has an antimatter equivalent. Flashmovie/Depositphotos View 7 Images – By Michael Irving 2021 Oct 15 – It sounds like sci-fi: normal matter has an “evil twin” that annihilates as soon as the two come into contact. But this antimatter is …
Meter-long relic, encrusted with marine organisms, is believed to be about 900 years old. – Reuters in Caesarea Last modified on 2021 Oct 18 – A sword believed to have belonged to a crusader who sailed to the Holy Land almost a millennium …
Computer Space was innovative, but how was it to play? Ed Fries, CC BY-ND – By Noah Wardrip-Fruin, Professor of Computational Media, University of California, Santa Cruz 2021 Oct 11 – Before Pong there was Computer Space, the first commercial video game. The …
Indigenous Peoples Day is celebrated in many states across the U.S. grandriver/E+ via Getty Images – By Susan C. Faircloth, Professor & Director of the School of Education, Colorado State University Updated 2021 Oct 07 – Columbus Day celebrations in the United States …
The first reading of the Declaration of Independence in Boston, 1776 Jul 18. Tichnor Brothers Collection, Boston Public Library via Digital Commonwealth By Woody Holton, Professor of History, University of South Carolina 2021 Oct 06 – Many Americans of the founding era denounced …
