To piece together the surprising history of the Choctaw Nation’s surprising alliance with the Confederacy, cemented by a treaty in 1861, Fay Yarbrough meticulously sifted through archives at the Oklahoma Historical Society and the University of Oklahoma. The exhaustive effort led to her book Choctaw Confederates: The American Civil War in Indian Country (UNC Press, … Lire la suite
The effectiveness of anti-tank aircraft in World War II is taken for granted by most writers on the subject, offering a technophile orthodoxy that can be seamlessly woven together with accounts of later developments up to and including the Iraq wars. Luftwaffe legend Hans-Ulrich Rudel claimed to have destroyed 519 Soviet tanks, most of them while … Lire la suite
How has the pandemic changed field archaeology? Nathan Steinmeyer March 16, 2022 0 Comments 121 views Share Dusty dawn. Students from Hebrew University haul soil excavated from Khirbet al-Ra‘i at sunrise. Courtesy Ornit Luckatch. How has the pandemic changed field archaeology? We recently asked leading dig directors what long-term impacts the pandemic will have on … Lire la suite
Dopo quasi sei anni dagli ultimi film con Batman, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016) e Justice League (2017), il cavaliere oscuro sta finalmente tornando sul grande schermo, guidato dal nuovo attore Robert Pattinson. Pertanto, siamo qui per presentarvi tutti i luoghi delle riprese di Batman che verranno mostrate nel film. L’ultimo film di … Lire la suite
What did the Phoenicians record with their innovative script? Josephine Quinn March 15, 2022 7 Comments 19652 views Share These Phoenicians who came with Cadmus…brought with them to Greece, among many other kinds of learning, the alphabet, which had been unknown before this, I think, to the Greeks.—Herodotus 5.58 Found near the ancient Phoenician settlement … Lire la suite
On June 24, 1997, a rather unusual Lance Corporal was awarded the British Army’s Long Service and Good Conduct Medal at a formal ceremony at the Tower of London—his name was Bobby, and he was an Indian blackbuck antelope. He was one of a long line of antelopes, all named Bobby, who enjoyed distinguished careers … Lire la suite
The forces of the expanding Mongol Empire swept across the steppes of western Eurasia from 1236 to 1240, folding in many nomadic populations as they went. Along the way the Mongols also sacked and came to rule the cities of the Rus principalities, ultimately establishing what would become known as the “Golden Horde.” For the … Lire la suite
Origins: 3.14159265… Why did the ancients invent increasingly subtle and ingenious methods to arrive at an exact value of pi? Human curiosity. Kim Jonas March 14, 2022 23 Comments 17791 views Share π, or pi, has a value of 3.14159265… How do you find the holy grail of mathematics? You start with a circle, which … Lire la suite
Archaeology on the rise in Iraq after years of war Nathan Steinmeyer March 14, 2022 0 Comments 40 views Share Looking past two lamassu at the National Museum in Baghdad. MohammadHuzam, CC BY-SA 4.0 , via Wikimedia Commons. After a nearly 20-year hiatus, archaeology in Iraq is experiencing a rebirth. Following the political instability that resulted … Lire la suite
Coming Home to Nez Perce Country: The Nimíipuu Campaign to Repatriate Their Exploited Heritage, by Trevor J. Bond, Washington State University Press, Pullman, 2021, $24.95 When missionary Henry Spalding settled with wife Eliza among the Nez Perces, or Nimíipuu (“the people”), on the Columbia Plateau (near present-day Lewiston, Idaho) in 1836, he believed it his … Lire la suite
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