Les Combarelles Cave, Art Works Les Combarelles is a cave in Les Eyzies de Tayac, Dordogne, France, which was inhabited by Cro-Magnon people approximately 13–11,000 years ago. Holding more than 600 pre-historic engravings of animals and symbols, the two galleries … Continue reading
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Featured Site Monks Mound Collinsville, Illinois Monks Mound is the largest Pre-Columbian earthwork in America north of Mesoamerica. Monks Mound is located at the Cahokia Mounds UNESCO World Heritage Site near Collinsville, Illinois, its size was calculated in 1988 as … Continue reading
Featured Artifact the Antikythera Mechanism The Antikythera Mechanism is an ancient analog computer designed to predict astronomical positions and eclipses. Antikythera Mechanism was recovered in 1900 from a shipwreck off the Greek island of Antikythera. The instrument has been designed … Continue reading
Mastodon State Historic Site – Imperial, Missouri Mastodon State Historic Site is an archaeological and paleontological site in Imperial, Missouri, containing the Kimmswick Bone Bed. Bones of mastodons and other now-extinct animals were first found here in the early 19th … Continue reading
Who created the first Abstract Art? The oldest known example of abstract art has been discovered in a cave in Gibraltar. The work, a series of criss-crossed lines cut into stone, was carried out 40,000 years ago. The work was … Continue reading
Fun Fundraising Idea – Hand Painted Chairs Fundraiser Idea for Local Museum or Gallery or Library The Howell Area Arts Council, Howell, Michigan, holds an annual “Sitting Pretty” fund-raiser, in which the group auctions off hand-painted chairs. For chair types, … Continue reading
The Paul Revere House in Boston Mass The Paul Revere House built in 1680, was the home of American patriot Paul Revere during the time of the American Revolution. A National Historic Landmark, it is located at 19 North Square, … Continue reading
Eyewitness Boston Massacre 1770 In The Boston Massacre, March 5, 1770, British Army soldiers killed five male civilians and injured six others. British troops had been stationed in Boston, capital of the Province of Massachusetts Bay, since 1768 in order … Continue reading
Burr and Hamilton Dueling Pistols – Wogdon & Barton The Burr–Hamilton duel was a duel between two prominent American politicians: the former Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton and sitting Vice President Aaron Burr, on July 11, 1804. In Weehawken … Continue reading
Artifact Wright Brothers First Flying Machine The Wright Flyer sometimes called Flyer I or 1903 Flyer, was the first successful heavier-than-air powered aircraft. The Wright Flyer designed and built by the Wright brothers, Orville and Wilbur Wright. They flew it … Continue reading
Eyewitness History The Wright Brothers – First Flight On December 14, 1903, Orville Wright and Wilbur Wright felt ready for their first attempt at powered flight. With the help of men from the nearby government life-saving station, the Wrights moved … Continue reading
IHist The Grandeur That Was the Rome Empire in 75 AD Gaius Plinius Secundus (AD 23 – August 25, AD 79), better known as Pliny the Elder, was a Roman author, naturalist, and natural philosopher, as well as naval and … Continue reading
Hierapolis water-powered stone saw mill The Hierapolis sawmill was a Roman water-powered stone sawmill at Hierapolis, Asia Minor, modern-day Turkey. Dating to the second half of the 3rd century AD, the sawmill is the earliest known machine to combine a … Continue reading
Historic Sewing Machine The Sewing Machine Collection and Singer Archive cared for by West Dunbartonshire Council becomes Scotland’s 39th Recognized Collection of National Significance. It is the largest publicly accessible collection of its kind in Europe with machines from 130 … Continue reading
City Live in the early 1900s Raymond A. Mohl moved to New York City around 1880. The below was written about 1920. Read on to hear about the changes he saw in those 40 years. Back in 1880, it was … Continue reading