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Qurayyah Painted Ware, 3200-yr-old ceramics, painted with distinctive black-and-red geometric designs, stylized animals and human figures, may have been an early example of an ancient "brand"
58+ min ago (84+ words) image: Ancient "brand" Qurayyah Painted Ware QPW 4, formerly known as ‘Midianite Pottery’. view more Ancient "brand" Qurayyah Painted Ware QPW 4, formerly known as ‘Midianite Pottery’. Qurayyah Painted Ware, 3200-yr-old ceramics, painted with distinctive black-and-red geometric designs, stylized animals and human…...
Pressing clothes was an onerous chore for pioneer women
5+ hour, 58+ min ago (545+ words) So, the filthy, smelly clothes worn during the past week have been washed using the best primitive technology available, and hung out to dry. What’s next? Ironing, of course. And in a time when the electric iron wasn’t even envisioned…...
15 Historic Buildings Demolished That People Still Miss
10+ hour, 29+ min ago (1157+ words) By Adam Garcia | Published 27 seconds ago Entire neighborhoods have been erased from cities to make room for parking lots, shopping centers, and office buildings that have themselves become obsolete. The buildings that replaced the demolished architecture often lasted only decades…...
The History of the Special Tartan Only the Royal Family Is Allowed to Wear - AOL
17+ hour, 48+ min ago (608+ words) The History of the Special Tartan Only the Royal Family Is Allowed to Wear AOL.com Every August, King Charles makes his way to Balmoral Castle in Aberdeenshire for the royal family’s annual summer holiday. Many times throughout the years,…...
Qixi hidden in scrolls, joys of life surpass romance
21+ hour, 35+ min ago (102+ words) China Daily Qixi hidden in scrolls, joys of life surpass romance August 19, the seventh day of the seventh month on the traditional Chinese calendar, marks Qixi when Niu Lang meets Zhi Nyu. Rooted in loyal love, the festival bears our…...
She Made Status: The Untold Story of How Women Used Luxury to Rewrite Class in Post-War America
17+ hour, 35+ min ago (915+ words) This woman was performing her upper-class position with remarkable confidence. And, in retrospect, we can see that the performance was becoming part of the position itself. In postwar America, where women remained largely excluded from the traditional avenues to wealth…...
A History of Regency-Era Love Trinkets and Their Meaning
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (559+ words) “There are a lot of surviving examples of how real love was communicated through objects in the Regency period,” says Bridgerton’s resident historian, Hannah Greig. “And they can take all kinds of forms, across all sectors of society — from very…...
Inside the archive keeping centuries old scents
1+ day, 5+ hour ago (24+ words) BBC Listen to the full Witness History episode about the world's first perfume library on BBC Sounds....
Egyptian Bead Dress
1+ day, 10+ hour ago (234+ words) Fragments of a 4,500 year-old dress were stored in a museum’s basement for decades until one researcher pieced it back together, looking for answers about the mysterious relic. More than 4,500 years old, the Egyptian bead net dress at the Museum of…...