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Master cartography and mythical creatures – the world according to the Catalan Atlas | Aeon Videos
The journey from textual descriptions and valiant guesses to the exceptionally accurate maps of today was a millennia-long enterprise of small steps. However, as the US graphic designer and video producer Jeremy Shuback explores in this brief history of mapmaking, … Continue reading
Scientists Sequence the DNA of a Man From the Pompeii Eruption | My Modern Met
By Jessica Stewart on July 2, 2022 https://mymodernmet.com/pompeii-dna/ Over 2,000 people perished when Mount Vesuvius erupted in Pompeii in 79 CE. Now, for the first time, researchers have been able to fully sequence the DNA of one victim. In 79 … Continue reading
BBC Radio 3 – The Essay, New Generation Thinkers 2021, A Brazilian Soprano in Jazz-Age Paris
Adjoa Osei celebrates Elsie Houston, who mixed Afro-Brazilian folk with European opera. Xangô (the god of thunder) and Paso Ñañigo’, composed by the Cuban Moises Simons, were two of the numbers performed by Elsie Houston in the clubs of Paris … Continue reading
How the Vikings Changed the English Language
About 600-900 common English words come from Old Norse that was the language of the Vikings. In this video we look at the history of the Vikings in Britain and how they influenced the English language. If English is not … Continue reading
It All Starts With A Song | Story Corps
Everyone’s heard of James Brown and Stevie Wonder, but how about the women who helped make them who they are? For our last episode of this season, we’ll get to know the unsung icons behind some of the most iconic … Continue reading
Ukrainian Students Are Taking Grad Photos in Rubble Created by War | My Modern Met
By Jessica Stewart on June 20, 2022 “The main idea of this photoshoot is to save the history for these students.” Graduation is a special time of year for any student. It’s filled with what are supposed to be joyous … Continue reading
Potatoes: South America’s Gift to the World
Potatoes are a vegetable beloved by all. See how the potato emerged from obscurity into a vital food crop that feeds the world population and came to grace culinary traditions all over the world. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ancientamericas Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AncientAmericas Sources … Continue reading
How a Mass Extinction Event Created the Amazon
The Amazon rainforest of South America is a paradise for flowering plants. But long ago, the landscape that we now think of as the Amazon looked very different. And would you believe that the entire revolution of the Amazon began … Continue reading
Why Paris Looks Weird
[…] This is a video on the urban planning behind Paris that was led by Haussmann. It describes him, Louis Napoleon, and his team’s strategy regarding roads, creating focal points like the Arc de Trimoph, overall architecture, green spaces, limestone, … Continue reading
5 Animals that went EXTINCT but are now back in the UK!
In the past, for various reasons, animals have gone extinct in the UK. This video show five of them that have managed to find their way back into the countryside, through reintroductions, rewilding, accidental releases and some in ways that … Continue reading
