WEIRD HISTORY
Archaeologists investigate an ancient habitation site in western Mongolia, seeking clues to the early history of domestic horses. William Taylor, CC BY-ND – By William Taylor, Assistant Professor and Curator of Archaeology, University of Colorado Boulder 2020 Mar 02 – In the increasingly …
Pulverized ancient bone can provide DNA to scientists for analysis. Xin Xu Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, CC BY-ND – By Melinda A. Yang, Assistant Professor of Biology, University of Richmond 2020 Sep 15 – The very first human beings originally emerged …
Harry Smith, under the name of Jay Silverheels, was a Mohawk actor who famously portrayed Tonto on The Lone Ranger – By Liza Black – Liza Black is Assistant Professor of History & Native American and Indigenous Studies at Indiana University and author of Picturing Indians: …
Excavations at Bamburgh Castle uncovered the foundations of a circular dwelling dated to the Roman occupation of Britain. Volunteers at Bamburgh Castle discovered the foundations of an ancient roundhouse. (Photo by Owen Humphreys / PA Images via Getty Images) – By Alex Fox …
The education innovator, in London, in the late 1940s. AP Photo – By Catherine McTamaney, Associate Professor of Teaching and Learning, Vanderbilt University 2020 Aug 28 – One hundred and fifty years after Maria Montessori’s birth, tens of thousands of teachers around the …
From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia George Latimer Lithograph by Thayer & Co. (Boston, Mass.) Born July 4, 1819 Norfolk, Virginia, U.S. Died May 29, 1897 (aged 77) Lynn, Massachusetts, U.S. Spouse(s) Rebecca Latimer, Charlotte (Williams) Saunders, Mary (Turner) Williams Children George W. Latimer, William …
Fifty years ago, few scientists believed a drug could fight viruses with low side effects. Then Gertrude Elion showed the doubters “what I could do on my own.” Born in 1918 in Manhattan, Gertrude Elion developed the drug acyclovir, a potent inhibitor of …
Enheduanna means ‘Ornament of Heaven.’ She studied the stars, wrote hymns and myths 4000 years ago, and yet is almost entirely unknown today. Standard of Ur mosaic, 26th century BC. Photo from Wikimedia Commons. – By Louise Pryke, The Conversation – The world’s …
A dazzling civilization flourished in Sudan nearly 5,000 years ago. Why was it forgotten? Meroe, 150 miles north of Khartoum, served as a necropolis for the kings and queens of Kush for close to 600 years. (Matt Stirn) – Text by Isma’il Kushkush; …
Centuries-old texts were erased, and then written over, by monks at Saint Catherine’s Monastery in Egypt. Saint Catherine’s Monastery in Sinai, Egypt. – Berthold Werner / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA. – By Brigit Katz, Smithsonian Magazine Saint Catherine’s Monastery, a sacred Christian …
