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It is well-known that the academic mathematicians of ancient Greece made a hugely significant contribution to world thought. However, the ancient inhabitants of the tiny village of Pyrgi on the island of Chios present to us their mathematical brilliance in a more unexpected way – through their design tradition, patterns called xysta. Source
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Medieval Treasure Unearthed at ‘Internationally Important’ Woman’s Burial
December 7th, 2022 
Awake Goy A 1,300-year-old gold and gemstone necklace discovered in central England’s Northampton in the grave of an elite woman has been hailed as of ‘international importance’. Not just gold, but garnets and Roman coins both adorn the necklace, described as a ‘most significant’ find, with the entire assemblage of grave goods together called ‘The Harpole Treasure’, […]
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No Comments »Hereward the Wake – Original Robin Hood or Fictional Medieval Hero?
December 3rd, 2022 Awake Goy Famous legendary figures like King Arthur and Robin Hood have one foot planted in fact and one firmly planted in fiction. Read more Section: News Myths & Legends Europe History Famous People Read Later Source
Due Diligence in Switzerland Reveals Gorgeous Medieval Gold Brooch
November 30th, 2022 Awake Goy Archaeological excavations ahead of work to expand heating pipes in Kleinbasel, the Rhine port and industrial area of Basel in Switzerland, has uncovered fifteen graves dating back to the early medieval period. Read more Section: Artifacts Other Artifacts News History & Archaeology Read Later Source
Posted in Jewish News Tags: brooch, diligence, gorgeous, medieval, reveals, Switzerland No Comments »The 751 AD Battle Of Talas Deciding The Fate Of Medieval Central Asia
November 24th, 2022 Awake Goy In the eighth century, as Charlemagne forged his European empire, and the Vikings emerged from the bowels of Scandinavia as the most fearsome raiders of their time, fierce battles raged simultaneously in a landscape, replete with rugged deserts, titanic mountains and endless plains, in a faraway land to the East. The battleground was in Central […]
Roundhouse Rises from the Ashes Bringing Medieval Age to Life
November 21st, 2022 Awake Goy Three years ago, arsonists in Ireland destroyed a recreated medieval roundhouse. Read more Section: News History & Archaeology Read Later Source
Medieval Medicine Understood How the Placebo Effect Could Heal
November 18th, 2022 Awake Goy Is it time to kill the term “placebo effect”? A researcher looking at questionable medieval medicines, that are today shunned as placebos, has shown how early physicians triggered patient’s brains into making their body self-heal. Read more Section: Artifacts Ancient Writings News History & Archaeology History Ancient Traditions Read Later Source
Meaningful Sacred And Profane Medieval Bestiaries
November 5th, 2022 Awake Goy Medieval European churches, constructed by men for the glory of the Creator, are adorned to varying degrees, with sacred and profane images. No figure nor detail in these stone encyclopedia is accidental and there are many subjects represented Read more Section: News Premium Preview Read Later Source
Bargain Hunter Scores 700-Year-Old Medieval Times Document
September 24th, 2022 Awake Goy PORTLAND, Maine—A bargain hunter who went to an estate sale in Maine to find a KitchenAid mixer, a bookshelf or vintage clothing walked away with a 700-year-old treasure. Instead of a kitchen appliance, Will Sideri stumbled upon a framed document hanging on a wall. It had elaborate script in Latin, along with musical notes and […]
Bargain Hunter Scores 700-Year-Old Medieval Times Document
September 24th, 2022 Awake Goy PORTLAND, Maine—A bargain hunter who went to an estate sale in Maine to find a KitchenAid mixer, a bookshelf or vintage clothing walked away with a 700-year-old treasure. Instead of a kitchen appliance, Will Sideri stumbled upon a framed document hanging on a wall. It had elaborate script in Latin, along with musical notes and […]
Bargain Hunter Scores 700-Year-Old Medieval Times Document
September 24th, 2022 Awake Goy PORTLAND, Maine—A bargain hunter who went to an estate sale in Maine to find a KitchenAid mixer, a bookshelf or vintage clothing walked away with a 700-year-old treasure. Instead of a kitchen appliance, Will Sideri stumbled upon a framed document hanging on a wall. It had elaborate script in Latin, along with musical notes and […]
Bargain Hunter Scores 700-Year-Old Medieval Times Document
September 24th, 2022 Awake Goy PORTLAND, Maine—A bargain hunter who went to an estate sale in Maine to find a KitchenAid mixer, a bookshelf or vintage clothing walked away with a 700-year-old treasure. Instead of a kitchen appliance, Will Sideri stumbled upon a framed document hanging on a wall. It had elaborate script in Latin, along with musical notes and […]
Anglo-Saxon Migration Created a ‘European’ Medieval England
September 23rd, 2022 Awake Goy The history of the British Isles is marked by several phases of migration and multiple periods of monumental change, including invasions by the Romans, Vikings and the Normans, and mass migration by the Celtics and the Anglo-Saxons. A new genome-based study shows that almost 75% of the population of eastern and southern England came from […]
Posted in Jewish News Tags: anglo, created, England, european, medieval, migration, saxon No Comments »Medieval Scientists Tried to Make Little People with Semen, Blood, and an Animal Womb
September 19th, 2022 Awake Goy The question of how to create life does not just go back to Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, when the eponymous character used forbidden science to create life. Medieval scientists tried for centuries to create miniature artificial people using human semen mixed with other substances and implanted in an animal womb! The homunculus is first referred to […]
Medieval Scientists Tried to Make Little People with Semen, Blood, and an Animal Womb
September 19th, 2022 Awake Goy The question of how to create life does not just go back to Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, when the eponymous character used forbidden science to create life. Medieval scientists tried for centuries to create miniature artificial people using human semen mixed with other substances and implanted in an animal womb! The homunculus is first referred to […]
Alexander Nevsky – Medieval King Turned Russian Propaganda Tool
September 17th, 2022 Awake Goy Nestled deep within an obscure crevice of Russian history, the tale of Prince Alexander Nevsky and his battle against Western crusaders at first appears as a highly interesting if half-forgotten turn of events, tracing the resilience and mettle of a lesser-known Slavic kingdom located on the fringes of Europe and Asia. Yet this story, at […]
20 Bizarre, Crude and Downright Weird Sketches in Medieval Manuscripts
September 9th, 2022 Awake Goy Many medieval manuscripts are works of art with devotional passages written in careful calligraphy, accompanied by vivid illustrations and ornate, decorative borders. But equally captivating is the marginalia – the sketches and doodles in the margins of the text – which range from the mundane to the bizarre, obscene and just plain weird. Read more Section: Artifacts […]
Posted in Jewish News Tags: bizarre, crude, downright, manuscripts, medieval, sketches, weird No Comments »Remains of 17 People Were Ashkenazi Jews, Victims of Medieval Antisemitism
September 1st, 2022 Awake Goy Ashkenazi Jews, who migrated into Holy Roman Empire territories around the 1st millennium AD, also settled in parts of England but how they were treated is less understood. Read more Section: News History & Archaeology Read Later
Posted in Jewish News Tags: Antisemitism, ashkenazi, medieval, people, remains, victims No Comments »East Yorkshire Site Yields a Possible Medieval Alehouse or Hostel
August 30th, 2022 Awake Goy At a site in East Yorkshire, an archaeological dig has been in progress for three weeks to uncover the secrets of a medieval village. Read more Section: News History & Archaeology History Ancient Traditions Read Later
A Rare Stone Age Burial Found Amongst 140 German Medieval Graves
August 24th, 2022 Awake Goy Archaeologists have discovered a rare Stone Age burial containing 5,000-year-old pottery in the Danube valley of southwestern Germany. The Neolithic burial site was found in an area where 140 medieval graves were also unearthed, many containing swords and jewelry. Read more Section: Artifacts Other Artifacts News History & Archaeology Read Later Source
The Medieval Crushing of the Cathars and Sexualizing of Witches
August 17th, 2022 Awake Goy Many Christian writers identified the gods and lesser spirits of the Greek and Roman world with demons. Read more Section: News History Important Events Read Later Source
Medieval Colonialism: The Danish Duchy Of Estonia
July 26th, 2022 Awake Goy Within the pantheon of great empires, the Kingdom of Denmark has received very little attention, yet this small European civilization was one the most enterprising of its day following its unification after the Viking period. Read more Section: News Premium Preview Read Later Source
The Hard and Dirty Life of a Medieval Peasant
July 15th, 2022 Awake Goy The daily life of a medieval peasant in England and elsewhere was extremely difficult, long, and busy. They faced endless days of manual labor working on farmland starting as early as three in the morning during the summer months. Read more Section: News Ancient Places Europe History Famous People Read Later Source
The Word ‘Freelancer’ Originates with Medieval Mercenaries
July 8th, 2022 Awake Goy Even though the word freelancer often feels omnipresent, very few know its etymology. In fact, freelancers have been around for a long time. Read more Section: News Weird Facts Read Later Source
Grab Yourself a ‘Medieval’ Castle… in Australia!
June 27th, 2022 Awake Goy An English couple in Australia are selling a home. Read more Section: News General Read Later Source
Medieval Black Death Origin Traced to Central Asia
June 16th, 2022 Awake Goy The Black Death or Black Plague killed somewhere between 75 and 200 million people in just seven years, from 1346 to 1353. Read more Section: News History & Archaeology History Important Events Read Later
Jus primae noctis: Did Medieval Lords Really Sleep With Serf Brides First?
June 11th, 2022 Awake Goy The jus primae noctis, droit du seigneur, or “right of the first night,” is an alleged medieval custom which permitted lords to engage in sexual intercourse with the brides of their male subjects on the first night after marriage. Read more Section: News Ancient Places Europe History Ancient Traditions Read Later
Blood, Emeralds, Snakes & Poop: Bizarre European Medieval Plague Cures
June 5th, 2022 Awake Goy Originating in China in the 1300s, plague arrived in Europe aboard a ship, bringing fearsome death in its wake. The Black Death ravaged Europe between 1347 and 1351, carrying away at least a third of its population, Read more Section: News Ancient Places Europe History Important Events Read Later
Posted in Jewish News Tags: bizarre, blood, emeralds, european, medieval, plague, snakes No Comments »Killer Rabbits Terrorized the Pages of Medieval Manuscripts
May 16th, 2022 Awake Goy In early medieval art and literature fluffy white rabbits, bunnies, and hares were typically motifs of innocence, venerability, and purity. However, more in sync with these animals’ rate of reproduction Read more Section: Artifacts Ancient Writings News Weird Facts Read Later
The Visions of Ermine de Reims – Supernatural Forces in Everyday Medieval Life
May 3rd, 2022 Awake Goy Ermine de Reims was a relatively inconsequential peasant woman who moved to the town of Reims, in northeastern France, from rural Vermandois with her elderly husband in 1384. Read more Section: News History Ancient Traditions Famous People Read Later
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