Is this the world's oldest alphabet?

While excavating clay cylinders in Syria, archaeologists discovered a rare find: an early writing system. The script has given scholars the new challenge of reinvestigating the timeline of alphabetic ...

Here’s Why Campbell’s Soup Cans Have a Medal on the Label

Campbell's soup has been a soothing, warm presence for more than a century. But why does the can have a medallion on it? An ...
Worcester News

19th-century period property on the market for under £950k.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Program: LNL Summer: how 19th Century Americans thought about hair

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Mexico News Daily

19th century Mexico through the eyes of an American aristocrat

Sara Yorke Stevenson was in Mexico City when the French army entered in 1863. (Public Domain) Sara came from a wealthy family that had investments in the southern U.S. cotton industry. In the early ...
inkbotdesign.com

The 12 Types of Fonts: A Simple Framework for Making the Right Choice

Choosing a font isn't about what's "cool," it's about strategy. This guide breaks down the 12 essential font types and gives you a practical framework for picking the right one for your business.
Newsweek

Woman Had ‘Gut Feeling’ 19th Century Desk Harbored Secret—She Was Right

An antique collector had her suspicions confirmed after taking a closer look at a 19th century desk harboring an exciting secret. Victoria, the owner of Peachy Bee Antiques in Kennesaw, Georgia, has ...
insider.si.edu

A 19th-Century Fitness Buff

Dr. Gustav Zander (1835–1920) was a Swedish physician who helped pioneer mechanotherapy, or the promotion of health and healing through exercise apparatus. Zander studied the mechanics of the body and ...
Hyperallergic

A No Kings Movement for 19th-Century Art

Jean-François Millet, "The Wood Sawyers" (1850–52), oil on canvas; Victoria and Albert Museum, London (© V&A Images / Victoria and Albert Museum, London) LONDON — How best to paint the scorned, the ...
Columbus Dispatch

Coffin Torpedoes? See the wild idea 19th-century inventors had to stop grave robbing

Grave robbing increased during the Victorian Era to supply cadavers for medical schools. The theft of John Scott Harrison's body brought national attention to the issue. Patents were filed for "coffin ...
CNN

Private Welsh island with 19th century fort goes on the market

If you want to get away from it all, there can be few places more secluded than Thorne Island. Situated 3 nautical miles off the coast of Pembrokeshire in west Wales, United Kingdom, the private ...
Phys.org

Research links 19th-century land program to sharp rise in Native American mortality

When Congress passed legislation in 1887 that allotted individual American Indians pieces of land while also granting them citizenship, proponents of the Dawes Act argued it would give them greater ...