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Dispelling Some Myths: Romans cleaned their teeth with Urine
While teaching primary school children about the Romans, and specifically hygiene, we have encountered the belief that they cleaned their...
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Tastes Of History
May 27, 2022
Taking the pee: should you drink urine?
Urine has been used throughout history for many different uses. As a freely available product - everyone produces at least some each day...
Tastes Of History
May 24, 2022
Norse America
In our post ‘Dispelling Some Myths: Romans in the Americas’ we attempted to disprove a ‘theory’ that the ancient Romans had contact with...
Tastes Of History
May 18, 2022
Dispelling Some Myths: ‘Over and Out’
In the big scheme of things today’s post is a very minor ‘gripe’. It does, however, reflect on the historical accuracy of television...
Tastes Of History
May 16, 2022
Recording History
History is not only the study of past events, particularly in human affairs, but it is most uniquely, also a continuous, typically...
Tastes Of History
May 13, 2022
Why did the ancient Greeks exercise naked?
At the age of 12, ancient Greek boys would begin training at the gumnasion or gymnasium. Having a physically fit body was extremely...
Tastes Of History
May 9, 2022
Ludi: ancient Greek and Roman games
Continuing the series 'Ludi', and following on from ancient Egypt, here are selection of games played by ancient Greeks and Romans. Pente...
Tastes Of History
Apr 19, 2022
Dispelling Some Myths: Romans in the Americas
The mosaic floor pictured (right) is housed in a gallery dedicated to ancient Roman frescoes and mosaics on the second floor of the...
Tastes Of History
Apr 19, 2022
A Brief History of Food: Pineapple
The pineapple (Latin: Ananas comosus) [1] is a tropical plant with an edible fruit indigenous to South America, where it has been...
Tastes Of History
Apr 14, 2022
What’s in a Name: ‘Barbarian’
In April 2022 social media, specifically Twitter (now X), was awash with criticism of the UK’s Conservative government’s plans to...
Tastes Of History
Apr 11, 2022
Ludi: the ancient Egyptian game of Senet
Senet is one of the oldest games in the world and may be the ancestor of modern backgammon. The oldest known representation of Senet is a...
Tastes Of History
Apr 6, 2022
A Brief History of Food: Leeks
According to a BBC News tweet (see right), the ‘Welsh leek’ could be set for protected status [1], alongside foods including Cheddar...
Tastes Of History
Mar 29, 2022
Dispelling Some Myths: 'ancient Roman trebuchets'?
A recent search of the internet for information on Roman artillery machines returned, amongst other results, a website with a page...
Tastes Of History
Mar 14, 2022
Ludi: the ancient Egyptian game of Aseb
Aseb is the Egyptian version of the ancient Middle Eastern game called ‘The Game of 20 Squares’. Aseb is related to the ‘Royal Game of...
Tastes Of History
Mar 2, 2022
Dispelling Some Myths: Cooking in a Shield?
Farinata (‘made of flour’), a classic Italian street food, apparently enjoys two provenance myths according to BBC History Magazine [1]....
Tastes Of History
Feb 26, 2022
On This Day: 'Women and children first'
February 26th, 1852: 450 perish as the troopship HMS Birkenhead is wreaked off Danger Point on the Western Cape of South Africa. HMS...
Tastes Of History
Feb 24, 2022
On This Day: Fishguard's women defend Britain
The last battle on British soil is commonly accepted as being the French invasion at Fishguard in 1797. Under the command of...
Tastes Of History
Feb 22, 2022
On This Day: The last invasion of Britain
February 22nd, 1797: ‘Britain invaded’ [1]. On February 22nd, 1797 over 1,200 French troops landed near Fishguard in Pembrokeshire, South...
Tastes Of History
Feb 14, 2022
Ludi: the ancient Egyptian game of Mehen
Mehen is an ancient Egyptian game references to which have been found already in the predynastic period before 3100 BC. The gameboard is...
Tastes Of History
Feb 8, 2022
On This Day: Mary, Queen of Scots beheaded
February 8th, 1587: After 19 years of imprisonment, Mary Queen of Scots is beheaded at Fotheringhay Castle. Why? Fotheringhay Castle was...
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