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Frédéric Cailliaud: An Eighteenth Century French Scientist and Explorer in Egypt
The following article appeared in a past Newsletter of the American Research Center in Egypt. I will be following up with another blog on shared characteristics of late 18th and early 19th century e… more →
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Sir Burton's Recipe for Love, from 1001 Nights
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wrote 3 months ago: A Story about Love and Friendship for Valentine’s Day: First published 5 March 2011; revised 8 … more →
Frédéric Cailliaud: An Eighteenth Century French Scientist and Explorer in Egypt
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wrote 7 months ago: The following article appeared in a past Newsletter of the American Research Center in Egypt. I wi … more →
What Happened to the Black Mamba in the Bathroom
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wrote 8 months ago: Dendroaspis polylepis by Bill Love. Source: Wikipedia We don’t know. A group of villagers cam … more →
Celebrating Stuart’s 150th anniversary
wrote 9 months ago: Mary River – which Stuart originally thought was the Adelaide River! | Tourism NT Kakadu has … more →
Three Generations of Lunatic Cats: Galton's Take on Feline Eugenics
wrote 9 months ago: Source: V. Stilwell-Banfield ..she had wild fits, tearing round and round the room, ‘swearing … more →
Amerigo Vespucci
wrote 10 months ago: Amerigo Vespucci is among the most famous European explorers. He was born on March 9, 1451 in Floren … more →
Lifestyles and Cuisine of Southwestern Syria, 1809
wrote 11 months ago: Johann Ludwig Burckhardt. Source: Wikipedia During the travels of John Lewis Burckhardt in Syria he … more →
Coronado Heights
wrote 11 months ago: Crowned with a castle built by the Works Progress Administration in 1936, Coronado Heights is believ … more →
The Transit of Venus and our dual heritage.
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wrote 11 months ago: Today was momentous in the astronomical world with a transit of Venus being visible here in New Zeal … more →
Indian Petroglyphs on the Smoky Hill River
wrote 11 months ago: Found on a rock face along the Smoky Hill River near Wilson, KS, these petroglyphs depict an initial … more →
Inventing Ethnicity; Imagining Agriculture: The 'Tribes' of Ham and the 'Primitive' Crops of Africa
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wrote 1 year ago: Also see: Race from a local perspective: 19th and 14th Centuries Ethnic Psudo-his … more →
Teeth-filing as a Mark of Beauty and Belonging in 19th Century Africa
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wrote 1 year ago: This blog follows on Gambler’s House interesting Blog about Filed Teeth at Cahokia : One of th … more →
James Clavell: On the Asian paths
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wrote 1 year ago: Some time ago I accidentally came across a miniseries called Noble House, starring Pierce Brosnan. T … more →
Cuisines and Crops of Africa - Imagining Cannibalism in the 19th Century and Now
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wrote 1 year ago: It is a curious feature of cannibalism in Africa, that it is always practiced by another group … more →
Monkey Business - 19th. Century and Now
wrote 1 year ago: Monkeys and gorillas in the 19th century were – and continue to be – found throughout tr … more →
Cuisines and Crops of Africa – The Lotus Eaters of Central Africa
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wrote 1 year ago: Image via Wikipedia Lotus plants of the species Nymphaea lotus L. were an important ingredient in A … more →
How to Air-Dry Game Meat and Prepare Nutritious Foods for Safari, 1862
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wrote 3 years ago: Image via Wikipedia During their explorations of the White and Blue Niles in the mid 19th Century, S … more →
What 5% of the World's Global GDP can Accomplish
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wrote 3 years ago: Random thoughts about global warming, colonialism, ‘Darkest Africa‘, & Others Today … more →
Swahili city states: Pre-European ‘colonizers’ of East and Central Africa
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wrote 3 years ago: Although Africa has and continues to be thought of as the Dark Continent that remained untouched unt … more →
