08 Jan 2021 Honey Liquid Gold Of The Ancient World By ashley cowie History & Tradition 1 In Greek mythology, Melissa was a nymph who discovered and taught the use of honey and from whom bees were believed to have received their name. Regarded as nectar of the gods, honey is obviously as old as the bee and the oldest bee ever discovered... Read More
28 Dec 2020 Preserving The Beasts That Powered The Canadian First Nations By ashley cowie History & Tradition, Sustainability & The Environment 0 In Canada the term ‘First Nations’ represents the aboriginal communities who draw their origins from the pre-contact era (before the arrival of Europeans) up to the present day. Historians generally describe six main geographic groups of... Read More
23 Dec 2020 Be Merrie All: Medieval Christmas Celebrations By nrushton History & Tradition 0 Just as with the appropriation of Pagan sacred sites by Christian authorities, as recommended by Pope Gregory I to St Augustine in the late sixth century, there was a natural tendency in the late Antique and early medieval Christian world to... Read More
16 Dec 2020 Octavian’s Trolling and Propaganda Against Mark Antony By MartiniF History & Tradition 0 In 1493, the invention of the Gutenberg printing press dramatically amplified the gathering and dissemination of news. However, this innovation came with a dark side as it later delivered the Great Moon Hoax of 1835. The Great Moon Hoax was the... Read More
14 Dec 2020 The Invisible History of Military Camouflage By ashley cowie History & Tradition 0 For at least 150,000 years, if not much longer, small groups of human hunters adorned themselves with the skins, horns and oils of the beasts they tracked to better conceal their presence and to delude their prey. Over time ancient tactics of... Read More