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  • France Violence: Rioters Burn Down Largest Public Library In Marseille; Visuals Surface

    06/30/2023 7:28:16 AM PDT · by BenLurkin · 60 replies
    msn ^ | 06/30/2023
    One of the many distressing videos circulating on social media showed a devastating scene of rioters in France setting ablaze the largest public library in the city of Marseille. The footage shows flames engulfing the institution, symbolising the loss of knowledge, culture, and community resources. This act of destruction represents a tragic blow to the city's cultural heritage and a deeply concerning manifestation of the ongoing unrest.
  • Alcazar Library burns in Marseille France

    07/05/2023 6:24:03 AM PDT · by Babsig · 38 replies
    Telegram Amir Tsarfati ^ | 7/05/2023 | Amir Tsarfati
    BREAKING In Marseille, migrants burned one of the largest libraries in France. The Alcazar Library's collection contained almost a million documents, 350,000 of which were in the public domain. In particular, medieval manuscripts and unique editions.
  • Was the Drone Attack on the Kremlin a False Flag Operation Conducted by Russia?

    05/04/2023 10:03:30 AM PDT · by SeekAndFind · 44 replies
    PJ Media ^ | 05/04/2023 | Rick Moran
    On Wednesday, the Russian government said that two drones from Ukraine had attacked the holy of holies in Russia — the ancient Kremlin — and that the U.S. assisted Ukraine in the operation. Here’s a video released by the Russian government appearing to show something exploding above the Kremlin. Astonishing footage of last night's drone attack on the Kremlin pic.twitter.com/3rghCHdIed— Francis Scarr (@francis_scarr) May 3, 2023Video analysis is not my forte, so I will not comment on the authenticity of what was recorded. But a drone being able to work its way through two or three layers of air defenses?...
  • Dutch 27-year-old with metal detector finds 1,000-year-old medieval treasure

    03/15/2023 11:08:18 AM PDT · by Red Badger · 34 replies
    Not The Bee ^ | Mar 15, 2023 | Staff
    In Hoogwoud, a city in the Netherlands, a 27-year-old historian named Lorenzo Ruijter struck medieval gold with his metal detector. More specifically, he found four crescent-moon-shaped gold pendant earrings, two gold leaf pieces that fit together, and thirty-nine small, precious silver coins, all from the Middle Ages, the Dutch National Museum of Antiquities announced. The museum dates the gold treasure back to roughly A.D. 1050. Ruijter has been metal detecting for most of his life and now it's paid off big time. "It was very special discovering something this valuable, I can't really describe it. I never expected to discover...
  • Top Putin Ally Says He ‘Will Not Hide’ Intention to Invade Poland Anymore

    02/07/2023 1:26:35 PM PST · by JonPreston · 69 replies
    YAHOO News ^ | 2/7/23 | Shannon Vavra
    Ramzan Kadyrov, a key ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin, has begun rattling off threats about attacking Poland after Ukraine.Kadyrov, the head of Chechnya, suggested Monday that Russia should “denazify and demilitarize” Poland next.“What if, after the successful completion of the NMD, Russia begins to denazify and demilitarize the next country? After all, after Ukraine, Poland is on the map! I will not hide that I personally have such an intention,” Kadyrov said on Telegram. “I personally have such an intention, and I have repeatedly stated that the fight against Satanism should continue throughout Europe and, first of all, on...
  • Archaeologists Say Recent Discovery Of Medieval Burial Site Has ‘Nudged The Course Of History’

    12/07/2022 8:00:20 AM PST · by Red Badger · 27 replies
    Daily Caller ^ | GRETCHEN CLAYSON CONTRIBUTOR | December 06, 2022 4:37 PM ET
    Archaeologists in England announced Tuesday they uncovered a medieval burial site so historically significant they’ve termed it “an archaeologist’s dream.” The Museum of London Archaeology team stumbled upon the remains of a woman buried between 630 and 670 AD near the village of Harpole in Northamptonshire, according to The Guardian. Buried alongside her was an intricate necklace made of gold, garnets and various other semi-precious stones. The necklace is reportedly the richest of its kind ever unveiled in Great Britain, and features an unprecedented level of craftsmanship for its period. The grave also contained a large, intricately adorned cross, as...
  • Lured into bread: Women in the medieval period would knead DOUGH on their body before baking it and serving it to their husbands in the hope it would improve their sex lives, historian reveals

    04/22/2022 8:06:35 PM PDT · by Trillian · 70 replies
    Daily Mail ^ | 22 April 2022 | Harry Howard
    When we think of people who lived in the Middle Ages, it is usually the crushing poverty and high infant mortality that stand out. But now a historian of the medieval period has revealed something less well-known: the ploys that women used to get their other halves into bed. Speaking on a new podcast, Dr Eleanor Janega said that one bizarre method involved wives kneading dough on their naked bodies before baking it to turn it into bread and then serving it to their husbands. Some medieval women also believed that honey was an aphrodisiac and would smother it 'all...
  • Ukraine Map Study

    03/20/2022 6:10:45 AM PDT · by Travis McGee · 170 replies
    Maps grabbed from the internet | March 20, 2022 | Matthew Bracken
    To understand current events, you need to understand history, and to understand history, you need to study the maps. I've been doing this for a while, and now I have enough of them to make a Ukraine map study thread. Naturally, your opinion may differ, but maps are history frozen in time. In an important way, maps are the historical record. . Russia purchased Crimea from the Ottoman Empire in the same manner that the USA purchased Alaska from Russia. (In gold, FWIW.) If Russian Crimea has to be handed over to Ukraine, again, then for sure we have to...
  • Ancient DNA from Roman and Medieval Grape Seeds Reveal Ancestry of Wine Making

    06/10/2019 7:26:31 PM PDT · by SunkenCiv · 33 replies
    EurekAlert! ^ | Monday, June 10, 2019 | University of York
    A grape variety still used in wine production in France today can be traced back 900 years to just one ancestral plant, scientists have discovered. With the help of an extensive genetic database of modern grapevines, researchers were able to test and compare 28 archaeological seeds from French sites dating back to the Iron Age, Roman era, and medieval period. ...a team of researchers from the UK, Denmark, France, Spain, and Germany, drew genetic connections between seeds from different archaeological sites, as well as links to modern-day grape varieties. It has long been suspected that some grape varieties grown today,...
  • Ashkenazi Jews rank smartest in world: Studies show descendants of Jews from Medieval Germany, throughout Europe have IQ 20% higher than global average

    10/08/2021 9:40:34 PM PDT · by SeekAndFind · 93 replies
    YNetNews ^ | Nelly Lalani
    Is it possible for your ancestry, religious affiliation, or nationality to determine your intellect? According to a study performed by Cambridge University called, "From Chance to Choice: Genetic and Justice," Ashkenazi Jews have a median IQ of 117. That’s 10 points higher than the “accepted” IQ of their biggest competition, Northeast Asia, and 20% higher than the global average. The Ashkenazim make up approximately 80% of all Jews with descendants from Medieval Germany and throughout Europe. The other 20% is made up of Sephardic Jews. I bet you’re frantically searching ancestry.com right now. Genetic research from the Albert Einstein College...
  • Crusader mass grave in Lebanon sheds light on cruelty of medieval warfare

    09/24/2021 5:25:11 PM PDT · by Roman_War_Criminal · 43 replies
    JPost ^ | 9/23/21 | Rossella Tercatin
    A mass grave uncovered in Sidon, Lebanon, has shed new light on the Crusades and on the cruelty of medieval warfare, a new study in the academic journal PLOS ONE has shown. Archaeologists unearthed a large quantity of human bones in the moat of the Saint Louis Castle in South Lebanon. The area was first conquered by the Crusaders after the First Crusade in 1110. Some 150 years later, the Christian city was attacked and largely destroyed by the Mamluks in 1253 and then destroyed even more by the Mongols in 1260. Pursuing the idea of liberating the holy sites...
  • Medieval Russians hid silver hoard before Mongol invasion: They weren't hiding it from the Mongols, but an earlier, unknown enemy

    09/09/2021 9:53:31 PM PDT · by SunkenCiv · 23 replies
    Live Science ^ | September 1, 2021 | Tom Metcalfe
    Archaeologists in southwest Russia have unearthed a trove of medieval silver at a site where treasure was often hidden from an invading Mongol army in the 13th century — but oddly it seems to have been buried there at least 100 years before the Mongols swept through.The trove of silver pendants, bracelets, rings, and ingots was found during excavations earlier this year near the site of Old Ryazan, the fortified capital of a Rus principate that was besieged and sacked by Mongols in 1237.The Mongol attack was particularly bloodthirsty; historical accounts report that the invaders left no one alive in...
  • Time to Return to Medieval Courtesy Books

    08/31/2021 7:27:34 PM PDT · by Tolerance Sucks Rocks · 20 replies
    To the “woke” crowd, teaching civility and manners favors artificial concepts that reinforce power structures and control behavior. This Marxist perspective reduces everything to the class struggle terms of oppressor and oppressed. For this reason, manners must be eradicated and never taught to vulnerable children. So many things today reflect this anti-manners mentality. This trend can be seen in brutal and obscene speech or texting. It is found in ugly, dirty and torn clothing. Coddled children absorb this lack of manners from uncouth adults, who fail to impose rules lest they hurt feelings. Indeed, in the Marxist worldview, Western civilization...
  • Medieval Archaeological Finds Unearthed in Tel Aviv Suburb

    08/18/2021 9:29:41 AM PDT · by george76 · 5 replies
    United With Israel ^ | Aug 18, 2021 | Pesach Benson
    With Ramat HaSharon approaching its centennial year, archaeological evidence indicates the Tel Aviv suburb’s history goes back much further than previously thought. “The excavation unearthed evidence of agricultural-industrial activity at the site during the Byzantine period – about 1,500 years ago. Among other finds, we discovered a large winepress paved with a mosaic as well as plastered installations and the foundations of a large structure that may have been used as a warehouse or even a farmstead,” said Dr. Yoav Arbel, who directed the excavation on behalf of the Israel Antiquities Authority. “Inside the buildings and installations, we found many...
  • Medieval Nubian Cathedral Discovered in Deserted City of Old Dongola

    06/04/2021 12:16:55 PM PDT · by nickcarraway · 21 replies
    ARTnews ^ | June 4, 2021 | Jesse Holth
    Last month, the University of Warsaw’s Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology (PCMAUW) said its experts had discovered the remains of a Medieval cathedral in the ancient town of Old Dongola, along the east bank of the Nile River in what is now Sudan. Archaeologists believe the cathedral may now be the largest known surviving structure from Christian Nubia. Old Dongola was the capital of one of three Christian Nubian kingdoms, Makuria, which existed from the 6th century C.E. to the 14th century C.E. It grew to encompass churches, monasteries, a palace, pottery workshops, and cemeteries, and it also had elaborate...
  • Cancer rates in medieval Britain around ten times higher than previously thought, study suggests

    05/03/2021 8:20:42 AM PDT · by SunkenCiv · 10 replies
    EurekAlert! ^ | April 29, 2021 | University of Cambridge
    The first study to use x-rays and CT scans to detect evidence of cancer among the skeletal remains of a pre-industrial population suggests that between 9-14% of adults in medieval Britain had the disease at the time of their death.This puts cancer prevalence in a time before exposure to tumour-inducing chemicals from industry and tobacco at around ten times higher than previously thought, according to researchers.Prior research into historic cancer rates using the archaeological record has been limited to examining the bone exterior for lesions. It suggested that cancer was rare, affecting less than 1% of the population.
  • Scans of Medieval Skeletons Show Cancer Has Been Common Longer Than We Thought

    05/01/2021 6:48:47 PM PDT · by BenLurkin · 25 replies
    Gizmodo ^ | 04/30/2021 | Ed Cara
    The first recorded accounts of cancer date back to Ancient Egypt more than 5,000 years ago. But it’s long been thought that cancer remained relatively rare in humans until modern times, in large part due to our longer lifespans. Other trends that began to emerge in the 18th century, like exposure to more environmental pollutants as industrialization expanded and the increased popularity of smoking, probably played a part, too. But this new study, published Friday in the journal Cancer, suggests that cancer has been a regular feature of people’s lives for quite some time. Researchers in the UK examined the...
  • The forgotten medieval fruit with a vulgar name

    03/29/2021 5:16:45 PM PDT · by DUMBGRUNT · 45 replies
    BBC ^ | 25 Mar 2021 | Zaria Gorvett
    Medieval Europeans were fanatical about a strange fruit that could only be eaten rotten. Then it was forgotten altogether. Why did they love it so much? And why did it disappear? The polite, socially acceptable name by which it's currently known is the medlar. But for the best part of 900 years, the fruit was called the "open-arse" – thought to be a reference to the appearance of its own large "calyx" or bottom. And yet, medieval Europe was crazy about this fruit. The fruit are unusual for two reasons. Firstly, they're harvested in December – making them one of...
  • Medieval Book of Hours Expected to Sell for as Much as $2.5 Million at Auction

    02/20/2021 6:41:30 PM PST · by marshmallow · 36 replies
    Aleteia ^ | 2/19/21 | Zelda Caldwell
    The 14th-century prayer book is part of a larger collection of rare books going to auction this spring.15th-century Book of Hours is expected to fetch as much as $2.5 million when it goes to auction this April. The medieval illuminated manuscript is part of a collection of 17 medieval and Renaissance illuminated manuscripts and 200 printed books that belonged to Elaine and Alexandre Rosenberg. Proceeds from the auction, which will be held by Christie’s in New York on April 23 will benefit the rare book department of designated museums, reported Medievalists.net.According to the Medievalists.net, the highlight of the auction will...
  • Fresh Meat & Fish from Medieval Times

    01/03/2021 1:26:45 PM PST · by SamAdams76 · 17 replies
    Ye Olde Rathskeller Tavern ^ | January 17, 2020 (Updated for Modern Times) | Melissa Snell
    Depending on their status in society and where they lived, medieval people had a variety of meats to enjoy. But thanks to Fridays, Lent, and various days deemed meatless by the Catholic Church, even the wealthiest and most powerful people did not eat meat or poultry every day. Fresh fish was fairly common, not only in coastal regions, but inland, where rivers and streams were still teeming with fish in the Middle Ages, and where most castles and manors included well-stocked fish ponds. Those who could afford spices used them liberally to enhance the flavor of meat and fish. Those...