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What Was Life Like | Episode 7: Tudors - Meet A Tudor Cook
Experience what it was like to cook in a Tudor kitchen, through the eyes of young English Heritage Members’ Adham and Olivia. They go inside the grounds of Gainsborough Old Hall to meet Tudor cook, Thomas Griffin, cook to Lord William of...
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What Was Life Like? | Episode 5: Medieval - Meet a Medieval Monk
Young English Heritage Members Emily and Sam visit Rievaulx Abbey in North Yorkshire to meet St Aelred, its most famous abbot, to discover what life was like in this Cistercian monastery. Find out what the monks used to eat, how they...
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Egyptian Fashion and Cosmetics
"Walk like an Egyptian" in this short episode where we sail up the Nile to look at the costume and cosmetic (and wig!) essentials of Ancient Egypt.
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Some new hypotheses on the problems of the Indo-Greek kingdoms
Warning: See the definitions of Greco-Bactrian and Indo-Greek Kingdoms before reading this article, otherwise the following lines could give you serious headaches! A lack of information is a common problem for historians of the Greco-Bactrian...
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Some Active Trade Routes in the Bronze Age Mediterranean
A map detailing some of the active maritime trade routes in the Aegean during the Middle and Late Bronze Age.
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Maori Mere Pounamu (Hand-Held Weapon) Showing Some Colour Ranges
Maori mere pounamu (hand-held weapon) made from greenstone, in Te Papa, Museum of New Zealand.
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Zhou Bronze Tapir-Like Animal
This was probably used to support a vessel. The surface of the animal is entirely covered with incised spiraling decoration. Made in Houma. Eastern Zhou period, 6th to 5th century BCE. From Modern-day China. (The British Museum, London).
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What Montezuma's Aztec Sounded Like - and how we know
The Aztecs didn't call him Montezuma. Nor Moctezuma. They didn't call chocolate "chocolate". Heck, they didn't even call themselves Aztec! Though they were an oral culture, we have an idea of what their language really sounded like. Here's...
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How did the Roman Republic Begin and What Was it Like Before the Roman Empire?
Before the Roman Empire, there was the Roman Republic, but how did the Roman Republic begin? Before Julius Caesar, Augustus and Antony and Cleopatra there was the Roman Republic, which got rid of the Kings of Rome, which began as Etruscan...
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What Was Life Like for the Average Viking?
Whether your name was Snorri or Erik, your daily life as a Viking was a meat-filled, chess-playing, human-sacrificing experience. Contrary to what you might think, daily life for Vikings didn't always involve going out to sea or violently...