Thanks to Joseph Goebbels, the film director Georg Wilhelm Pabst luxuriated in a massive budget for the dramatised documentary he shot in occupied Prague during the autumn of 1942. Commissioned to celebrate the long history… Read More "Paracelsus: Revolutionary or Mystic? | History Today"
Having reliable mobile data when you travel is a must these days. It’s helpful not only for finding things to do or the right bus route, but communicating in an emergency and locating your accommodation… Read More "The Best eSIMs for Travelers"
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Are you going to celebrate Halloween on October 31? If so, you may already know it originated with the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain. During Samhain, lighting bonfires and wearing… Read More "Why Are Apples So Important During Halloween?"
A new study by an international team of scientists has found evidence that ancient elephant fossils recovered in the Kashmir Valley of South Asia were butchered by archaic human ancestors. This would have happened between… Read More "Elephant Fossils Show Evidence of Ancient Animal Butchery in India"
A simple recipe to make stewed apples without added sugar and with warming spices. Growing up in a Midwest family, we went all-out for Sunday morning breakfast. It always included my dad’s stewed apples, pancakes,… Read More "Stewed Apples with Warming Spices"
What Makes Good Historical Fiction?
Helen Cam (1885-1968), the first woman to be elected to a chair at Harvard, was a formidable English medievalist. Unusually for a legal historian, she had a keen eye for the human dramas not entirely… Read More "What Makes Good Historical Fiction?"
In the land of the Brothers Grimm, I was expecting creepy overgrown forests, quaint medieval towns, and maybe a gingerbread house or two. But, it turns out, the Brothers Grimm tales weren’t from the Black… Read More "My Suggested Black Forest Itinerary"
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Since their initial discovery in 1927, scientists have identified 430 figurative Nazca geoglyphs across over 130 miles of desert. These geoglyphs are smaller and older than the Nazca lines. Geoglyphs… Read More "AI Discovers Hundreds Of Unusual Nazca Geoglyphs In The Desert"
How Old is Beer?
By Daniel Strain/University of Colorado Boulder Oktoberfest, the German beer festival, kicked off this week in Munich. To mark the occasion, Travis Rupp, assistant teaching professor in the Department of Classics, tackles the question: “How old… Read More "How Old is Beer?"
I’ve never been one of those travelers who goes crazy for gear. I like to pack light and keep things simple. That means no fancy drones, hefty DSLR cameras, bulky headphones, GoPros, or chunky hiking… Read More "Are These The Best Travel Clothes? My Review of Unbound Merino"