AbeI Went Down A Historical Rabbit Hole And Emerged With 90 Facts I Can’t Stop Thinking AboutBuzzFeed - Mike Spohr1. Until the 18th century, it was common practice to put animals on trial. What were their crimes, you ask? Rodents and other pests were often tried for damaging crops, while pigs were often tried for the murder of children (with at least one executed by hanging). They were even dressed in human …
Abe300 Years of Aqueduct Deposits May Link the Plague of Cyprian to the Decline of Roman Nîmesdiscovermagazine.com - Rosie McCallDiscover what an ancient aqueduct can tell us about the rise and fall of “the French Rome” under Roman rule. The French city of Nîmes gets its name …
AbeMedieval Chinese skeleton may reveal first evidence of a brutal punishmentphys.org - Paul ArnoldAncient Chinese authorities used many creative ways to punish people, often with methods designed to mark them for life. One brutal example mentioned …
AbeA sharper picture of a pandemic: new study uncovers the complex history of the plague after the Black Deatheurekalert.org - Estonian Research CouncilThe Black Death is often remembered as a single catastrophic event that swept across Europe between 1347 and 1353, killing millions. Yet the disease …
AbeThe 20 Most Beautiful Medieval Towns in Europe That Defy Timewanderluststorytellers.com - Jolene EjmontPlanning to explore Europe’s best medieval towns? Unlike busy tourist cities, these remarkable small towns have kept their medieval charm perfectly …
AbeA 3,700-Year-Old Virus Hiding in a Medieval Book Just Killed 500,000 AnimalsPopular Mechanics - Elizabeth RayneHoly manuscripts preserved the genome of a plague that wiped out up to 90% of Europe’s historical sheep herds. Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Researchers who sampled ancient and medieval parchment found the DNA of the sheeppox virus, which devastated herds in the past and …
