history

Or an historical perspective, depending on your pronunciation. A rather long but nicely illustrated article from the Public Domain Review, all about the tradition of defenestration in the Czech city of Prague, starting from before it was even a Czech city: "Windows Onto History: The...

For more than fifty years the Nottingham Historical and Archaeological Society have been exploring the caves beneath Nottingham and discovering forgotten objects of the past. The cave networks beneath the city are undoubtedly of historical importance, and the society is continuing to piece...

The fall of the Tibetan Empire. SEPTEMBER 6, 2023 Paleolimnological study attributes Tibetan Empire collapse in 9th century to climate change by Hannah Bird , Phys.org Historical reconstruction of the Tibetan Empire's extent among surrounding empires at its peak ca. 800 CE, with Lhasa as...

We seem to lack a Goths Thread so here it is. No dark make up found. Vast Gothic cemetery brimming with grave goods and ornate silver jewelry discovered in Poland By Sascha Pare published about 18 hours ago Goths living in northern Poland between the first and fifth centuries were talented...

Hi, folks. I'm researching the occult history of Blackpool for my first attempt at writing a whole book. It's a look at the individuals and groups who helped to make Blackpool's esoteric night side from its beginnings to the present day. So far I have contacts and data for the Spiritualists...

Has there ever been a society that has known nothing about boats? Someone mentioned Tibet, referring to Lake Mansowar (??) But the coracle shippers on the rivers are well known....So yes, there are boats in Tibet.

I've just come back from the US. Posted this on my Facebook page. Thought y'all would also enjoy it; make of it what you will. OK, so tonight we did a tour; always a jolly way to finish off a trip. At the end the guide told us the following story. A while back he was sitting in a bar when he...

I launched a new blog two months ago Bleak Chesney Wold : Named after Lord & Lady Dedlock's residence in Dickens's 'Bleak House' , famous for its Ghost Walk. Related to 'darker' elements of 19th century history. There have been posts about the location of Chesney Wold itself, reviews of Linda...

This entry from this weekend's Jeff Kacirk's Forgotten English was a doozy, served with a size order of night soil.

I've had a quick search on this but didn't turn up anything but I may be using the wrong terms, so please merge (with my apologies) if this is covered elsewhere. I've seen posts on ghosts "fading" as they recede into history but I'm not sure I've seen any speculation on certain periods of...

Had a conversation about this with someone a few years back. The famous person can be alive or dead. For argument's sake, a way to decide is "If you showed a photo or painting of a person to everyone in the world and asked them who it was and to briefly describe what the person in the photo...

I received this as a Christmas gift and have only just got around to opening it up. It seems to be just the kind of history book I like, with several lengthy extracts from old and hard to acquire texts. Disappointingly, the FTMB seems to be showing little in the way of results for a search on...

The only comment posted so far suggests the cavemen were making beer.

Inspired by something I mentioned on another thread... http://www2.forteantimes.com/forum/view ... 888#866888 ...regarding the Paris Massacre of 1961. It struck me that I knew nothing of this incident, something that happened less than 20 years before my birth, but feel it is something...

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