Category Archives: History

Indigenous communities win share of South Africa’s rooibos tea profits in landmark bioprospecting agreement – Nature

Posted on November 2, 2019 by

The San and Khoi communities welcome the decision, which could have implications for other Indigenous groups — and biodiversity researchers. More than a century after commercial farming began on their traditional lands, the San and Khoi peoples of southern Africa … Continue reading →

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The Smartest Horse That Ever Lived – A True Story

Posted on November 1, 2019 by

David Hoffman To get the book go here –https://www.amazon.com/Beautiful-Jim-…. The story is true. I spent more than a month checking it out in Tennessee and elsewhere. The book is called Beautiful Jim Key by Miriam Rivas available on Amazon. I … Continue reading →

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How Geography Turned the Sahara Green

Posted on September 30, 2019 by

Atlas Pro support me on patreon at: https://www.patreon.com/atlaspro follow me on twitter @theatlaspro Music from https://filmmusic.io “Virtutes Instrumenti” by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com) License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b…) Music from https://filmmusic.io “Infados” by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com) License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b…) Music from … Continue reading →

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How Aboriginals Made Australia

Posted on August 19, 2019 by

– Cogito – Published on 16 Apr 2019 Didgeridoos, boomerangs, and an ancient hunter-gatherer lifestyle. These tend to be the first thing to come to mind when we imagine Indigenous Australians. Only with the arrival of Europeans was agriculture introduced. … Continue reading →

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Deciphering the world’s oldest rule book | Irving Finkel | Curator’s Corner pilot

Posted on August 3, 2019 by

The British Museum Published on 23 Nov 2015 Irving Finkel has possibly the coolest job in the world – he’s curator of cuneiform at the British Museum! Since 1979 he’s been trawling the Museum’s 130,000 clay tablets for clues about … Continue reading →

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Ancient Demons with Irving Finkel I Curator’s Corner season 3 episode 7

Posted on August 1, 2019 by

Irving Finkel talks Mesopotamian demons, ghosts and sprites and how to deal with them.

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To the Moon! Apollo 11’s great adventure

Posted on July 16, 2019 by

Jeffrey Kluger, editor-at-large at Time magazine, recounts the human landmark of landing men on the lunar surface. Kluger talks with Apollo 11 command module pilot Michael Collins and astronaut Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin and, in archive footage, hears from mission commander … Continue reading →

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Download Over 91,000 Maps from the World’s Largest Private Collection

Posted on June 1, 2019 by

Whether you’re into geography, astronomy, or simply fascinated by history, there’s bound to be a map that piques your interest in this vast collection. Map lovers will be thrilled by the possibility to peruse some of the world’s most unique … Continue reading →

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Who really owns the past? – Aeon

Posted on May 27, 2019 by

European tourists having a picnic in a temple in Egypt, 1898. Photo by LL/Roger Viollet/Getty Images   Mosul’s old city lies in ruins. A major section of the third largest city in Iraq has been destroyed by war. Two years … Continue reading →

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65th Anniversary of the Khufu Ship Discovery

Posted on May 26, 2019 by

65th Anniversary of the Khufu Ship Discovery #GoogleDoodle On this day in 1954, one of the oldest and largest boats on earth was found buried near Egypt’s biggest pyramid. Today’s Doodle celebrates the discovery of the Khufu Ship, which has … Continue reading →

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