Showing posts with label antiquity. Show all posts
Showing posts with label antiquity. Show all posts
Tuesday, May 20, 2008

Bread Baked 560 B. C.

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1895 The stalest bread on record is an Assyrian loaf which has been discovered by a French explorer, M. Monthon. This loaf is supposed to ha...
Thursday, April 10, 2008

Gems of 1900 B.C. Exhibited in U.S.

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1919 ARE BRIGHT AS NEW, THO 3800 YEARS OF AGE. Were Worn by Egyptian Princess and Found in 1914 by English Scientist. NEW YORK, N. Y. — J...
Sunday, July 29, 2007

Where Grammar Came From

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1917 Barbarous Macedonian Held Responsible for Invention The world reached its highest known stage of intelligence before grammar was even i...
Tuesday, July 17, 2007

Relics of the Bronze Age

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1905 Many Articles Excavated at Renfrewshire, Scotland Until recently vestiges of the Bronze Age civilization in Renfrewshire have been rare...
Friday, July 13, 2007

Old Ways of Keeping Time

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1910 Devices That Were Adopted by the Egyptians, Romans and Early English People As far back as history will take us we find that there was ...

Ancient Coin Recalls Old Rome

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1919 2,000 Years Old — Surpassing Historic Interest A coin 2,000 years old, which may have reposed in the treasure box of a Roman senator, p...
Thursday, July 12, 2007

Billiards An Old Game

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1905 The game of billiards may lay claim to great antiquity, for in "Anthony and Cleopatra" Shakespeare makes Cleopatra say: ...
Saturday, June 23, 2007

Eating Parrots, Albatross, Weeds, Acorns

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1896 Food Can Be Almost Anything Few of us, or, indeed, of any people, would think of eating parrots, especially if anything else could be g...

King of Beasts Sometimes King of Feasts

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1896 The Things People Eat The so-called king of beasts is usually associated with eating rather than being eaten, yet the lion is an articl...
Sunday, June 17, 2007

Pastor Turns Down Raise

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1900 There are few people who decline an increase of salary, but the Rev. George C. Lorimer, pastor of the Tremont Temple in Boston, is one ...
Tuesday, June 12, 2007

Beginning of Use of Iron

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1910 Origin Thought to Have Been in Central Europe It is commonly believed that the use of iron commenced in either Africa or Asia. The late...
Sunday, June 10, 2007

Art of the Etruscans

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1907 Mysterious People Who Left Traces of a Remarkable Civilization Why did the Etruscans devote their whole lives to the incessant making o...

Poisoning as a Profession

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1916 Use of Deadly Gases Recalls Politics of the Dark Age Statemen and Diplomats It is interesting today, when the opposing armies are ...
Saturday, June 9, 2007

Ancient Gold Mining in Tubal-Cain

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1915 From Their Method Originated the Legend of the Golden Fleece Country Still Rich in Most Valuable Ores In the legend of the Golden Fleec...
Friday, June 8, 2007

The Story of the Swastika

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1916 The Most Ancient of All Symbols of Good Luck It Comes Down to Us with Undiminished Reputation BY GARRETT P. SERVISS Have you a "sw...

The Oldest Mystery — The Swastika

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1922 The Swastika is the oldest symbol in the world. Also, it is the oldest mystery. You find it engraved on primitive tools, dug up in the ...
Sunday, May 27, 2007

Antiquity of Geometry

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1907 The Science May Have Existed In India For Long Ages Did we learn our rule of three and our Euclid from India? Researches have brought t...