The Antikythera Mechanism

The Antikythera Mechanism from Ancient Greece had over 30 gears, and could predict when eclipses would happen, track the irregular orbit of the stars, and figure out when the Olympic games would happen!

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Victorian Egyptomania

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Last on a series of posts on Victorian Egyptomania. One of the ways Victorians enjoyed themselves a good mummy was from the mummy unwrapping parties…

The Myth of Persephone

Ancient History / November 26, 2024 / ancient greece, environmental history, folklore/mythology, history of food, medicine

The myth of Persephone has deep origins — It was old even in the Golden Age of 5th-c BCE Athens. The daughter of Demeter, Persephone…

African Villages Fractals

Africa, Asia and South Asia, Ancient History / October 18, 2023 / archaeology, architecture, religion

This traditional African village in Camaroon is one example of many of the pervasiveness of fractals in many African cultures. Ron Eglash has documented the…

Doctors Pear Kendrick and Grace Eldering

Fabulous Females, History of Science, Long 19th- 20th centuries / October 24, 2024 / disease, medicine, women's history

Shown here are Doctors Pear Kendrick and Grace Eldering, and together they developed the first successful vaccine against the childhood disease pertussis, or Whooping Cough.Whooping…

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