Food of the Gods: 12 Historical Facts About Chocolate
1. The Olmecs domesticated the cacao plant 3000-4000 years ago – the Aztecs made it a dietary staple. The earliest known Mesoamerican civilization in history was that of the Olmecs. […]
Historical Technology
The History of Red – Part 2
Over the course of history, red has become a symbol for concepts both real and abstract. It is used to represent sacrifice, luxury, passion, and victory – though darker meanings are also affixed to red, namely authority, war, desire, guilt and evil.
The History of RED – Part 1
On the farthest edge of color waves visible to humans, there is red. It evokes a range of complex meanings and ideas: love, anger, risk all come to mind upon […]
Colonial Textiles in Pennsylvania
Textiles have played a key part of the history of the American colonies, and were of pivotal importance not only from a necessity standpoint, but as leverage for freedom from Britain as well.
“An Atrocity Beneath Knighthood”
Upon receiving the wound, he was able to limp to a nearby regimental hospital and after arriving sat down to await his turn. Suddenly his leg exploded causing the wound to become larger… “When they strike they explode like a fire cracker, and make a bad wound.”
5 Myths about Civil War Era Medicine
At the Battle of Gettysburg, more than 50,000 men fell as causalities over 6,000 acres, and field hospitals revolutionized the approach to large-scale, emergency care.