TODAY
HI 83 LO 58
EVENSVILLE, TN
Partly Cloudy 80°F
Saturday, May 19, 2012
A list of Around the Web links tagged “history.” Or perhaps you'd like to return to the Archive?
|
Gideon Sundback celebrated in a Google doodle
I love when Google has a new doodle. It just makes my day! |
|
That Time They Found Those Bodies in Ben Franklin’s Basement
That awkward moment you find ten dead bodies in the basement…of a renowned historical figure. |
|
Odysseus’ return from the Trojan War dated
All in fun, of course, but it might have been April 16, 1178 BC, around lunchtime. |
|
4,000-Year-Old Stone Monolith Likely an Astronomical Marker
Looks like pre-historic peoples weren’t so pre-historic after all. |
|
Marginalized
Feeling complainy? You’re not alone—so were these medieval scribes. |
|
Photo Tampering throughout History
“Photoshopping” has always been around, just a little more hands-on, in the past. |
|
Don’t Mess With Texas… Or, Well, Don’t Use That Slogan As A Book Title Or Texas Will Sue
Don’t Mess with Texas! Oh wait, someone already did. |
|
Information Overload, the Early Years
‘Information overload’ has always been with us, it seems—so how do we cope? |
|
A Victorian Paper Trail
A short bit about Victorian toilet paper! (Be sure to check the comments at the end for a new vocabulary [...] |
|
Maps from 1942 of the never-was Nazi invasion of North America
I love how their maps are so elaborate. |
|
The Pleasure Garden
Old engravings of a 17th century Disney World. (Um, if you were allowed to hunt Bambi with a bow and [...] |
All photographs and content ©2008-2011 The Eagle's Nest unless otherwise noted.
The EN web site was designed by J. Ferrell, and is proud to be powered by WordPress.