by admin | Jun 28, 2022 | History, Italian Life, Story, Technology
An Original Stradivarius Violin Stradivari violins are known for their unmatched craftsmanship and the legendary red hue that stains their woodwork. The story of the Stradivarius violin is as much technical as it is personal. It all begins in a small provincial...
by admin | Jun 21, 2022 | History, Story, Technology
Ancient Roman Glass Bowl and Second Roman Emperor Tiberius Augustus Caesar Okay, I know what you’re thinking. I thought the same, and it’s why I put a question mark at the end of the title. Unlike everything discussed so far, this is a lost technology with...
by admin | Jun 14, 2022 | Chemistry, History, Science, Technology
Artist Depiction of Siphons Spraying Greek Fire Across a Battlefield Rome has fallen. The western provinces are in Barbarian hands now. Gaul has been invaded by the Franks, Visigoths and Ostrogoths swept through the Iberian Peninsula to establish kingdoms of their...
by admin | Jun 7, 2022 | Chemistry, History, Science, Technology
A Damascene Dagger Damascus steel is legendary for many reasons and is deceptively complex in its creation. So much so in fact, that many believed the techniques to craft this illustrious metal to have been swallowed by the sands of time, forever lost to the dunes and...
by admin | Jun 5, 2022 | Biology, History, Science, Technology
Artist Depiction of the Silphium Plant Credit: Bildagentur-online/Getty Images DEA/ G. Cigolini/Getty Images Depending on your personal views, this article could not have come at a more prescient time. I promise, I was already looking into this subject before the US...
by admin | Jun 2, 2022 | Architecture, Chemistry, History, Science, Technology
Inside of the Roman Pantheon The Romans are known for being engineering mad lads who couldn’t help but design some of the most wondrous architecture of the human era. Everything they did was big and grandiose. Their wars outshone all wars up to the Napoleonic...
