jake4480, Mysterious objects that still puzzle scientists thousands of years later https://www.sciencealert.com/these-mysterious-objects-still-puzzle-scientists-thousands-of-years-later
archaeohistories, Archaeologists cracked open the ancient vase, little did they know what dark power they had unleashed... 🤓
RPBook, Now that it's no longer the 6th of June, I feel more comfortable saying that I found the massive outpouring of "lest we forget" messages frustrating.
I wholeheartedly support remembering the sacrifices of those who fought on D-Day. But I get frustrated that everyone else is forgotten. People were fighting and dying elsewhere on 6th June 1944, and they deserve to be remembered too.
TheConversationUS, Every year, researchers discover 2-3 entirely new pathogens: the viruses, bacteria and microparasites that sicken and kill people.
While some of these discoveries reflect better detection methods, genetic studies confirm that most of these pathogens are indeed new to the human species.
Even more troubling, these diseases are appearing at an increasing rate.
Lessons from ancient – and modern – #history:
https://theconversation.com/future-pandemics-will-have-the-same-human-causes-as-ancient-outbreaks-lessons-from-anthropology-can-help-prevent-them-224622
#Health #Histodons #anthropology @histodons
archaeohistories, The Albatross is the largest bird that can go years without landing. They spend their first 6 years of life flying over the ocean before coming to the land to mate. It is capable of traveling more than 10,000 miles in a single journey and circumnavigating the globe in 46 days.
TheConversationUS, (edited ) Today is the 80th anniversary of #dday and the Allied invasion of Nazi-occupied Western Europe.
A curator from the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History shares 5 artifacts that help us remember the heroism of the landings.
Here are dog tags one Jewish sailor wore, along with a coin from British Palestine, during his fight against the Nazis.
https://theconversation.com/a-jacket-a-coin-a-letter-relics-of-omaha-beach-battle-tell-the-story-of-d-day-80-years-later-225127 @histodons #History #News #dday80thanniversary
TheConversationUS, Another good bit of history: how the new "ranger" units of the US Army, formed on a British model, heroically led the way across Omaha Beach.
Nearly 400 of the 1000 soldiers who went ashore were killed, wounded or missing.
https://theconversation.com/rangers-led-the-way-in-the-d-day-landings-80-years-ago-227299 #DDay #News @histodons
archaeohistories, Marble bust of Tiberius Julius Sauromates II, King of the Cimmerian Bosporus, Late 2nd-Early 3rd Century AD
The surname "Sauromates" is of Sarmatian origin and indicates Sarmatian ancestry by marriages to Sarmatian princesses.
Getty Villa Museum
br00t4c, Ancient Egyptian skull shows evidence of cancer, surgical treatment
aeleoglyphic, @br00t4c interesting
TheConversationUS, 70 years after the Supreme Court decision of Brown v. Board, one of its most significant side effects − the large-scale loss of Black teachers − continues to affect America’s schools.
Before Brown, Black teachers were 35% to 50% of the teacher workforce in segregated states.
Today, Black people account for just 6.7% of America’s public K-12 teachers.
https://theconversation.com/how-black-teachers-lost-when-civil-rights-won-in-brown-v-board-229687
#History #Histodons @histodons @blackmastodon #BlackMastodon
WmShakesp3are, @TheConversationUS seems like we can’t do anything right, huh?@histodons @blackmastodon @bmacDonald94
CultureDesk, (edited ) Hair jewelry — lockets, rings and other such items adorned with the locks of a loved one — is said to have come into fashion as an expression of mourning in the Victorian age. It was Queen Victoria herself who popularized the jewelry after her husband Albert died in 1861. @Allure's Kara McGrath writes about the history of this, how the craft of hairwork is being revived around the world, and why people continue to be repulsed by it.
archaeohistories, Hell Yeah 😁
archaeohistories, Unveil the artistry of the relief on King Pakal's sarcophagus lid, found in Palenque, Mexico, and dating back to 683 AD. This depiction shows Pakal adorned with a jade mask and elaborate jewelry, with his posture symbolizing either emergence from the underworld or ascent to the heavens. Surrounding mythological scenes and extensive hieroglyphic text detail his lineage and reign.
MarginalViking, I’ve noticed over the years that some experts kind of get off on quashing misconceptions about the past in a way that disappoints the person they’re talking to. I suspect that this is a contributing factor to the popularity of #pseudohistory.
I have had more success with the “the truth is even stranger!” approach.
CarveHerName, #OnThisDay, 4 Jun 1972, civil rights activist Angela Davis is acquitted in a trial over her alleged involvement in the 1970 Marin County Civic Centre attack.
Davis had been prosecuted for three capital felonies, including conspiracy to murder, after guns she owned were used in the attack. The all-white jury cleared her of all charges.
#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #AmericanHistory #Histodons
jmadelman, Federated social media holds great promise, but with it comes great responsibility. We don’t monetize your data, we don’t sell advertising. So we rely on donations. Thanks for your support of historians.social! @lizcovart @kawulf #ClioDigitalMedia #histodons
https://www.cliodigital.media/updates/fundraising-and-federated-social-media
macgraveur, French ❓ Question pour les comptes histoire qui trainent ici. J'ai jamais lu d'ouvrage d'Alain Corbin. Pour un néophyte pour conseillez quoi comme première lecture ? Merci pour les conseils à venir :) #histodons #histoire @histodons
scudery, French @macgraveur @histodons
Le miasme et la jonquille ou Les filles de Noce pour les thèmesPour la méthode historique, Le monde retrouvé de Louis François Pinagot
dbellingradt, German Meet the #Streusandbüchse (pounce pot), a plain artifact found on #earlymodern writing desks in Europe, next to the more famous ink pots and quills and papers. Filled with sand or pounce, it was mainly used to dry the ink after writing. The print featuring the item is from the 1680s.
levampyre, German @dbellingradt Afaik, hot sand was also used to harden the quills or tips of the writing feathers.
RickGaehl, I'd be the first to admit that this isn't really a very good photograph, but it does show one of the ways in which people have used trees in the past.
I came across this #ThickTrunkTuesday specimen in Victoria, and it bears a clearly-defined scar from where somebody, once upon a time, used it to make a bark canoe.
Presumably, this tree was already pretty well grown before whitefella arrived on the scene and changed the traditional ways of doing things... forever.
vegos_f06, @RickGaehl It is not that complicated. Notice the light. Never photograph against the sun! Than the heaven is not white (overexposed), leaves and branches will not pixelate.
CarveHerName, #OnThisDay, 4 Jun 1919, the US Senate approved the 19th amendment, granting women the right to vote. It was ratified in August 1920.
#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #VotesForWomen #AmericanHistory
TheConversationUS, We want you to know the name Alice Ball. She was the first woman and first African American to earn a master’s degree in science from the College of Hawaii.
Ball remarkably developed a treatment for leprosy, but she passed away shortly after.
Arthur Dean, chair of the College of Hawaii’s chemistry department, took over the project, and renamed Ball’s method to the “Dean Method,” never crediting Ball for her work.
https://theconversation.com/a-young-black-scientist-discovered-a-pivotal-leprosy-treatment-in-the-1920s-but-an-older-colleague-took-the-credit-224922
#History #BlackMastodon @blackmastodon
oshistory, I am very much looking forward to the conference on digital born sources at the #ArchivschuleMarburg. I am given the opportunity to present my take from the sidelines on archiving geodata this afternoon. It is of the utmost important that the endeavors in this domain are kept up or else future historians will have a hard time doing #spatial #history of our time. I do believe that #opensource #osgeo software projects (e.g. #qgis) will play a key role in this domain.
https://www.archivschule.de/DE/forschung/archivwissenschaftliche-kolloquien/28-archivwissenschaftliches-kolloquiumganz.html
MondayMarionJ, I was contacted by Amy Munneke
Producer - Special Report w/ Bret Baier
Fox News Channel – DC BureauThey asked to use photos from my WWII Engineer Gallery for their newscast, Tues, June 4, 2024.
"We are airing a package tomorrow that profiles three men who died on D-Day. One of those men is Julius Wolfe who I know have some photos of in your collection. I’m wondering if we could get permission to use those with courtesy?"
Thrilled!
GQB, @MondayMarionJ very cool!!
MondayMarionJ, @GQB would you like my autograph? 😅😅😅😁😁😁
bobjmsn, Photo of the Day
Mount Vesuvius
For ten days in March 1944, Mount Vesuvius spewed volcanic rock and ash into the air and poured a river of molten lava down the mountainside.
It was a major eruption.
Three Italian villages and part of a fourth were destroyed.
And no volcanic activity at Vesuvius since then even comes close to the scale of this event.
https://open.substack.com/pub/look/p/photo-of-the-day-40f?r=12u3ju&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
jackdougherty, Launched today: https://myCTDeed.com to find and reject racist covenants in #CT property deeds (with June Gold and David Ware)
Also preview of CTPublic documentary "Fighting for Home: How Housing Policy Keeps CT Segregated" (with producer Sabrina Buckwalter and team), airing June 27th #housing #history #advocacyFighting for Home CT Public video documentary, airing June 27th
CarveHerName, 100 years ago #OnThisDay, 3 Jun 1924, Alfonsina Strada crosses the finish line of the Giro d'Italia. She remains the only woman to have officially ridden in a Grand Tour.
At one point she had been disqualified on time grounds but was allowed to continue without the option of prizes. She finished ahead of the lantern rouge (the last cyclist to finish).
#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #GiroDItalia #Cycling #Histodons