Archive for the "History" Category

Henry VIII’s flagship

Posted by: Cinderellain History
19
Nov

Mary Rose 'sunk by French cannon'

First families and their pets

Posted by: Cinderellain History
9
Nov

Did you know U.S. President Herbert Hoover had a dog named King Tut?

You’ll find a picture of Hoover and Tut, and more info, at the Presidential Pets Museum website.

U.S President Barack Obama

Posted by: Cinderellain History
5
Nov

Obama as we knew him… man and boy

Inca royal retainers

Posted by: Cinderellain History
5
Oct

Machu Picchu’s far-flung residents

Why they were warriors

Posted by: Cinderellain History
22
Sep

Viking Age triggered by shortage of wives?

Cities in the rain forest

Posted by: Cinderellain History
1
Sep

Ancient Amazon cities found; were vast urban network

Hadrian again

Posted by: Cinderellain History
26
Aug

I seem to see articles about Roman emperor Hadrian everywhere I go online these days, and here’s another one:
The ‘peaceful’ Hadrian and his endless wars

Hadrian: Empire & Conflict by Thorsten Opper is available from Amazon.com.

A highly sophisticated culture

Posted by: Cinderellain History
8
Aug

The truth about the Picts

Deadly danceathon

Posted by: Cinderellain History
5
Aug

‘Dancing plague’ and other odd afflictions explained

Russia’s greatest, Britain’s worst

Posted by: Cinderellain History
18
Jul

Last czar leads great Russians poll; Stalin is second

Revealed: Britain’s worst monarch

Hadrian is back

Posted by: Cinderellain History
17
Jul
 

 

How to entertain a bored pharaoh

Posted by: Cinderellain History
17
Jul

Oldest joke in the world: not funny

(Maybe it’s not funny, but it did make me laugh.)

UPDATE: There are now reports of an even older joke, but there’s nothing royal about it.

 

Caesar’s invasion of Britain

Posted by: Cinderellain History
8
Jul

Doubt over date for Brit invasion

Escape from Washington

Posted by: Cinderellain History
6
Jul

Interesting article about a slave named Oney Judge, who ran away from the household of the first U.S. president, George Washington: A slave’s defiance

Fairy tales and fear

Posted by: Cinderellain History
3
Jul

From Tea at Trianon: a look at famine in fairy tales.

A dangerous job

Posted by: Cinderellain History
29
Jun

Biblical text-writing may have poisoned monks

A slow collapse

Posted by: Cinderellain History
27
Jun

The mystery story of the Maya slowly reveals new twists