Pomegranates. Credit: Joergens.mi/Wikimedia commons/CC BY-SA 3.0 Smashing a pomegranate on New Year’s Day is an ancient Greek custom that continues to this day as the red-colored, nutritious fruit is ...
Two years ago, a bottle was found with a message in it that had been released before the outbreak of World War One. It had survived not only the ravages of the seas, but both world wars and the life ...
Just over a century ago, in the summer of 1912, a workman’s pickaxe struck through the floor of an old tenement house in Cheapside, a commercial district near the renowned St. Paul’s Cathedral in ...
This article is the third in a series on the spread of disease along the Silk Roads which examines the ways in which people have historically responded to illness and explores how we might approach ...
Das System der Medicin des Theophrastus Paracelsus by Paracelsus, 1493-1541. n 80120959; Preu, H. A. (Heinrich Adolph); Leupoldt, Johann Michael, 1794-1874 Publication date 1838 Topics Medicine, ...
The actual origin of the lemon is unknown. It is believed to be a native of South Asia, although some have suggested a ...
Thousands of ancient Greek vases, in all shapes and forms, are displayed across the world’s museums as silent testaments to what they once held. It was thousands of years ago when these exquisite ...
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