AvatarMarie Brennan GuerreraAvatarAvatarThe Antonine Wall: Line on the landscapeThe Herald - Teddy JamiesonWHETHER it’s castles or stone circles, bridges or battlefields, we write our story into the landscape. Sometimes, though, it can be hard to read. Take …
AvatarMarie Brennan GuerreraAvatarAvatarIn the 19th century, going to the doctor could kill youNational GeographicThe American medical profession was largely unregulated and dangerous prior to the discovery of the germ in the 19th century. Sanitation was unsophisticated, corpses were handled near live patients, and some doctors wore bloody aprons as badges of honor. However, the discovery of germs …
AvatarMarie Brennan GuerreraAvatarAvatarFirst Viking ship excavation in a century begins in Norwayverified_publisherBBC NewsBBC News Just three other well-preserved vessels from the period have been discovered in the Scandinavian country. First Viking ship excavation in a century begins in Norway
AvatarMarie Brennan GuerreraHear the Voices of Americans Born in Slavery: The Library of Congress Features 23 Audio Interviews with Formerly Enslaved People (1932–75)openculture.com - Josh Jones“During the last three decades of legal slavery in America,” writes Lucinda MacKethan at the National Humanities Center, “African …
AvatarMarie Brennan GuerreraAvatarAvatar5 facts about the Korean War, a war still technically being fought 71 years laterverified_publisherBusiness Insider - Mandy Baker,June 25, 1950, saw troops from North Korea pouring across the 38th parallel into South Korea. This began a short, yet exceptionally bloody war. There are those that refer to the Korean War as, "the forgotten war" as it did not receive the same kind of attention as did World War II or the Vietnam …
AvatarMarie Brennan GuerreraAvatarAvatarMore House Republicans urge Trump against drawing down US troops in Germanyverified_publisherCNNCNN — Another group of House Republicans is urging President Donald Trump against drawing down the number of US troops in Germany, according to a letter obtained by CNN Monday, a request that comes one day after White House national security adviser Robert O’Brien penned an op-ed explaining the …
AvatarMarie Brennan GuerreraAvatarAvatarImmense Neolithic Ring Discovered Near Stonehengeverified_publisherNPR - Vanessa RomoThe mystery near and around Stonehenge keeps growing. The latest revelation is the discovery of a ring of at least 20 prehistoric shafts about 2 miles from the famous Neolithic site of immense upright stones, according to an announcement from the University of Bradford. Archaeologists say the …
AvatarMarie Brennan GuerreraAvatarAvatarThe archaeological record reveals something strange about diseases throughout historyInverseDead men do tell tales through their physical remains. The previous pandemics to which people often compare COVID-19 – the influenza pandemic of 1918, …
AvatarMarie Brennan GuerreraAvatarAvatarRemembering ‘Red Summer,’ when white mobs massacred Blacks from Tulsa to D.C.verified_publisherNational Geographic - DeNeen L. BrownThe U.S. was gripped by a reign of racial terror after World War I, when whites rose up to quash prosperous Black communities. A Black man lay half-conscious in the street after being beaten by a white mob during the East St. Louis Massacre of 1917. As the man tried to get up, a well-dressed white …
AvatarMarie Brennan GuerreraFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoHow the “First Photojournalist,” Mathew Brady, Shocked the Nation with Photos from the Civil Waropenculture.com - Josh JonesIn her 1938 essay “Three Guineas,” Virginia Woolf wondered “whether when we look at the same photographs we feel the same things.” Woolf …
AvatarMarie Brennan GuerreraFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoIsraeli team unveils mystery of ‘Genghis Khan’ Wall for first timejpost.com - By ROSSELLA TERCATINHebrew University-led researchers map the Great Wall of China complex A team led by Israeli researchers shed light on the mysterious ‘Genghis Khan’ …
AvatarMarie Brennan GuerreraAvatarAvatarWhat a Buried Crater in Mexico Says About the Asteroid That Doomed the Dinosaursverified_publisherAtlas Obscura - Luna ShyrAnd why the scars left by meteoritic impacts tell us about life, the universe, and everything. Imagine standing on the edge of a giant crater, knowing …