Spanish conquistador style armour / Photo by John Martin Perry, Wikimedia Commons Columbus’s colonization of the Atlantic islands inaugurated an era of aggressive Spanish expansion across the Atlantic. Edited by Matthew A. McIntosh / 09.17.2018 Historian Brewminate Editor-in-Chief Treaty of Tordesillas Map of the land division determined by the Treaty of Tordesillas. Image credit: Wikimedia[…]
The Inquisition Tribunal, by Francisco Goya, c.1815 / Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando, Wikimedia Commons The 1623 Edict of Grace released by the Spanish Inquisition in Seville to address the heresy of alumbradismo was a contested affair. By Dr. Jessica J. Fowler Postdoctoral International Teaching Fellow” IE School of International Relations IE[…]
Mosaic of amphorae being unloaded from a ship, Ostia / Southampton University, Creative Commons The trade networks of the Roman Empire are among the most intensively researched large-scale market systems in antiquity, By (left-to-right) Dr. Xavier Rubio-Campillo, María Coto-Sarmiento, Jordi Pérez-Gonzalez, and Dr. José Remesal Rodríguez Rubio-Campillo: Lecturer in Archaeology; Computational Archaeology, The[…]
Hundreds of ancient gold coins were unearthed in the basement of a demolished theater in northern Italy. Archaeologists are calling it an “exceptional discovery.” / Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities By Shannon Van Sant / 09.10.2018 Hundreds of ancient gold coins were found last week in the basement of a former theater in northern[…]
The charred papyrus scroll recovered from Herculaneum is preserved in 12 trays mounted under glass. Here is PHerc.118 in tray 8. The scroll was physically unrolled in 1883-84, causing irreparable damage. (Henrik Knudsen) A revolutionary American scientist is using subatomic physics to decipher 2,000-year-old texts from the early days of Western civilization. By Jo Marchant[…]
The drawing found on silcrete stone in Blombos Cave. Craig Foster Scientists discovered a 73 000-year-old cross-hatched drawing on a silcrete (stone) flake made with an ochre crayon. By Dr. Christopher Henshilwood and Dr. Karen Loise van Niekerk / 09.12.2018 Henshilwood: Professor of Evolutionary Studies and African Prehistory Niekerk: Principal Investigator, SapienCE – Centre[…]