Jun 2, 2014 · To battle this imaginary threat, the long beak was packed with sweet smells, such as dried flowers, herbs and spices. Paul Fürst, engraving, c. 1721, of a plague doctor of Marseilles. However, though the beak mask has become an iconic symbol of the Black Death, there is no evidence it was actually worn during the 14th Century epidemic. Medical ...

May 6, 2014 · There is no historical evidence that King Arthur existed. Historical records from the Dark Ages are almost non-existent, therefore little is known about 5 th and 6 th Century Britain – the time King Arthur supposedly established the Knights of the Round Table, defeated the Saxons, and built an empire.

Jan 23, 2014 · Widespread changes were announced yesterday by the Pentagon with regards to the wearing of religious items by people serving in the US Army, including beards, religious tattoos and turbans. The military claims it will make every effort to accommodate "individual expressions of sincerely held beliefs” for service members. In doing so, it can have a

Oct 30, 2018 · I also read original books written in the 16th century about medical treatments and recipes for homemade medications. Some of them made my eyes pop out of their sockets—eating rat droppings to ease constipation, a mercury face mask left on for eight days.

Jul 26, 2018 · I n 1666, the renowned English mathematician, astronomer and natural philosopher, Sir Isaac Newton, observed a light ray entering a prism, and from this experience he made a brilliant discovery about light and colour; that white light is made up of a spectrum of several colours.

Jul 17, 2017 · When Sibylla was born in 1160, the Crusader state of Jerusalem was not a safe or stable place. Although the land had been claimed in the First Crusade, and was ruled over by her family, the Ayyubid Sultanate also had their eye on the heart of the Holy Land, and the crown only precariously rested on their head.

Jun 9, 2019 · In October 1941, four months after the Wehrmacht invaded the Soviet Union, Adolf Hitler stood before a packed auditorium at the Sportpalast, Berlin. The largest meeting hall in the city, with some 14,000 spectators, was festooned with swastika banners and further ‘Nazified’ by way of a dramatically-lit, 20-metre-wide theatre prop in the shape of a

Feb 7, 2017 · Few names in history are quite as evocative as Marie Antoinette. Frequently imagined strutting through the palace of Versailles, a galleon perched atop chandelier-skimming hair and with panniers so wide she filled a doorway, she has become one of the most recognisable figures in the history of France.

Jan 22, 2016 · Having served in the German Navy since 1879, Reinhard Scheer – nicknamed “the man with the iron mask” because of his stern looks – was given command of the Second Battle Squadron at the outbreak of the First World War. In 1915, he was moved to the Third Battle Squadron with its newer, more powerful dreadnoughts.

Jun 21, 2016 · The prevalence of shrapnel – and the existence of the ‘splatter mask’ is testament to the unique horror set aside for facial scarring. How was this treated? Over four years, thousands of men received serious facial wounds, and these devastating injuries prompted major advances in specialist fields of reconstructive surgery.