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Rhinos Comparison Size Living Extinct
White Rhino 1.Uintaceras radinscyi 2.Hyrachyus eximius 3.Hyracodon 4.Subhyracodon occidentalis 5.Diceratherium niobrarense 6.Aceratherium incisivum 7.Menoceras barbouri 8.Menoceras arikarensis 9.Prosantorhinus 10.Trigonias osborni 11.Teleoceras fossiger 12.Sumatran rhino 13.Stephanorhinus etruscus 14.Stephanorhinus hemitoechus 15.Sansirhinus ringstromi 16.Brachypotherium lewisi 17.Javan rhino 18.Black rhino 19.Juxia sharamurenense 20.Chilotherium 21.Metamynodon … Continue reading
Archaeologists Have Uncovered an Impeccably Preserved Food Stand in Pompeii
Mallard to go, anyone? Archaeologists have unearthed an ancient thermopolium—aka the Roman equivalent of a street food vendor—at the Regio V site in Pompeii. The well-preserved stand is decorated with multiple frescoes featuring a nereid (nymphs of Greek mythology) riding a … Continue reading
Search Before Google
It’s pretty easy to take the search engine Google for granted today, but twenty years ago, there was no such thing. In fact, for well over a decade before Google, search engines were crawling, indexing and searching.
National Geographic’s new Year in Pictures special documents 2020: an ‘unprecedented and unforgettable year’ | Creative Boom
National Geographic’s Year in Pictures documents an ‘unprecedented and unforgettable year’. Not all viruses lead to global pandemics. Some have evolved to our benefit. An ancient virus called HERV-K may protect human embryos from other viruses, according to Joanna Wysocka, … Continue reading
David Dimbleby – ‘Boris Johnson is a showman’
David Dimbleby is a British journalist who has covered major news events for the BBC for over 40 years. (Subscribe: https://bit.ly/C4_News_Subscribe) He perhaps is best known for chairing the long-running topical debate programme, ‘Question Time’, but has presented numerous current … Continue reading
400 years ago, visitors to this painted cave took hallucinogens
Research team member Jon Picciuolo documents quids (wads of chewed-up plant matter) that were stuffed centuries ago into crevasses in the walls of Pinwheel Cave in southern California. The painted pinwheel that gives the cave its name can be seen … Continue reading
Was ancient Egypt an African civilization? With Dr. Rebecca Futo Kennedy
In this video Dr. Rebecca Futo Kennedy explores a much debated question and that is what kind of civilization was ancient Egypt? Was it strictly an African Civilization? If it was strictly African then what kind? Indigenous North African mixed … Continue reading
The Day I Discovered My Ancestor was a Slave Owner – Byline Times
William Tryon Stephen Colegrave uncovers a family secret and realises how easy it is to whitewash our slavery roots. My family is proud of its history. As a child, my two maiden great aunts mixed up the centuries as they … Continue reading
How Britain Stole $45 Trillion from India with Trains | Empires of Dirt
There is a misguided idea that India should be grateful for the democracy, law and trains that the British Empire brought to their country. But along with these ‘gifts’, Britain also stole $45 trillion from India during its long and … Continue reading
A Dress Historian Explains the History of the Witch Hat
To understand the history of the witch’s hat, we first have to understand the history of witches, so our story begins around 1100 CE, with a fun pit stop in the 15th-century and that hot piece of trash known as … Continue reading
How Did The Countries Of Europe Get Their Names?
SOURCES AND FURTHER READING Europe: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europe Nearly every country on earth is named after one of four things: https://qz.com/1070266/the-name-of-a-… Albania: https://www.etymonline.com/word/Alban… Andorra: https://www.etymonline.com/search?q=a… Armenia: http://www.vehi.net/istoriya/armenia/… Austria: https://www.etymonline.com/word/Austr… Azerbaijan: https://www.etymonline.com/word/Azerb… Belarus: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/W…. Belgium: https://www.historyfiles.co.uk/KingLi… Bosnia: https://www.etymonline.com/word/Bosni… Herzegovina: https://www.etymonline.com/word/Herze… Bulgaria: https://www.etymonline.com/word/bulgaria Croatia: … Continue reading
