Medicine Containers Used In the Golden Age of Piracy (www.piratesurgeon.com)
Death of the Wolf: Exactly a thousand years ago, on 28 May 1023, Lupus – ‘The Wolf’ – died in York. (blogs.bl.uk)
Manuscript Textiles: Weaving the Thread of Faith (blogs.bl.uk)
50 years ago, teenagers partied in the Bronx — and gave rise to hip-hop (www.npr.org)
When Africans Wrote Their Own History; A Catalogue Of African Historiography Written By African Scribes From Antiquity Until The Eve Of Colonialism (www.africanhistoryextra.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/1444613...
WW2 Meteorology (rafmetman.wordpress.com)
How Third-Century China Saw Rome, a Land Ruled by “Minor Kings” (www.smithsonianmag.com)
alt link if it doesn’t work.
Calypso and the birth of British black music (www.bl.uk)
87% Missing: the Disappearance of Classic Video Games | Video Game History Foundation (gamehistory.org)
cross-posted from: kbin.dk/m/[email protected]/t/8585...
The Night 17 Million Precious Military Records Went Up in Smoke (www.wired.com)
Ornamental Hermits Were 18th-Century England's Must-Have Garden Accessory (www.smithsonianmag.com)
Hold the Line - As telephony developed, so did a workforce of switchboard operators—all women—who were ultimately rendered obsolete by technological progress. (daily.jstor.org)
The Partisans of Modena - JSTOR Daily: The legacy of anti-Mussolini resistance in the northern Italian city endures as fascist impulses once again loom. (daily.jstor.org)
This Montrealer forged medieval axes used to rebuild Notre-Dame cathedral (www.cbc.ca)
A Brief History of the Combat Kilt: Dating back to the 18th century in Scotland, the men’s skirt known as a kilt — the version we know today — proliferated among fierce warriors known as Highlanders. (www.historynet.com)
Exploring the Vibrant World of Indigo: History, Controversies, and Sustainable Solutions (worldsensorium.com)
Going Rogue: Rogue: The 1980 Game that Revolutionized the Industry and Spawned the 'Roguelike' Genre (www.filfre.net)
Legends of Norse Settlers drove Denmark towards Greenland (www.eurekalert.org)
This is defo going to my to read list.
History of dogs in space (stacker.com)
Patent Medicines and the History of Cocaine (histmed.collegeofphysicians.org)
Industrial Revolution iron method ‘was taken from Jamaica by Briton’ (www.theguardian.com)
This is unsurprising, because African iron working is a good thousand years older than what we call ‘the iron age.’ That African expertise in iron working was what helped kick off the Industrial Revolution is just another tragedy of slavery.