Birchwood Statue of Virgin Mary / Live Reporting, Medieval History Statue made of Birchwood of the Virgin Mary, with glass eyes. Autun region of France, c. 1130-40. TagsAncient Egypt (30) ancient greece (74) animals (101) anthropology (87) archaeology (122) architecture (79) art (407) Central/late Middle Ages (84) Central and Late Middle Ages (33) Christian history (174) disease (121) Early Middle Ages (55) economic history (49) environmental history (155) Eurasia/Middle Eastern history (201) evolution (64) fashion history (43) folklore (35) folklore/mythology (102) history of education (54) history of food (41) History of Magic (44) history of race (42) history of sex (59) Islamic history (25) Jewish history (46) literature (242) math (47) medicine (166) medieval (83) military history (104) mythology (29) political history (143) pre-history (57) religion (330) Rome (151) science (63) social history (265) technology (99) U.S. history (105) U.S. natural parks (55) warfare (90) weapons (55) women (26) women's history (213) Categories Africa, Asia and South Asia (133) Ancient History (383) Big History (55) Byzantine History (37) Early Americas (42) Early Modern (213) Fabulous Females (129) History of Science (253) Live Reporting (181) Long 19th- 20th centuries (405) Medieval History (393)
The Mattress Museum of Contemporary Art Live Reporting / August 4, 2024 / art, women's history The Mattress Museum of Contemporary art was started in Pittsburgh in 1977, when an old mattress factory was turned into an unusually immersive art experience.…
The First F-Word in the World Early Modern, Medieval History / November 12, 2024 / Central/late Middle Ages, Eurasia/Middle Eastern history, literature, religion You are looking at one of the first written appearances of the f-word. (The other two contenders are a version in Scottish dialect and a…
Hawk Watch at Waggoner’s Gap Live Reporting, Long 19th- 20th centuries / November 14, 2024 / animals, environmental history, political history, U.S. natural parks Since the year 2000, the Audubon Society has been involved with the site shown here called Hawk Watch. Located at Waggoner’s Gap along the Kittatinny…
Laws of Hamburg Early Modern, Medieval History / October 26, 2023 / art, Central and Late Middle Ages, religion If you look carefully, you will see a corpse dressed in white lying in a coffin in this illustration of the Laws of Hamburg from…
