Excuse Me, Sir…Is That a Genuine Shrunken Head?
In a post on Science Alert, Mike McCrae reveals how to tell the difference between an authentic shrunken head and a gift store fake....
What Secrets Will This Mysterious Ancient Script Unlock?
Thanks to the tireless efforts of archaeologists and scholars, much ancient writing has been deciphered and become readable by modern people. One of the...
The 2,000 Year Old Earthquake Detector
You might think the seismograph - the device used to detect geologic movement indicating an earthquake - was a modern invention. Not so! The...
Image Prompt: Olympia 1920
Photos are a great reference and writing inspiration. In this post, you can find some photos of historical Olympia, Washington, from the 1920s. Use...
Who Knew? The Neanderthals Had Tunes.
A team of archaeologists discovered a flute-like instrument made of bone in a cave in Slovenia. Believed to have been crafted by Neanderthals between...
Fashion Has Changed! Or has it?
B Unique Millinery shares the sordid tale of the Straw Hat Riots of 1922. Lasting 8 days and resulting in numerous injuries and arrests,...
What Would Einstein Do?
Researchers do some crazy things in their pursuit of knowledge, not always to great results. In a post on The Debrief, Kenna Hughes-Castleberry describes a...
Free Writing Exercise
This week’s Write the Book prompt was suggested Laura Budofsky Wisniewski during her interview. Wisniewski suggests a free writing exercise. Set a timer for a...
The Other Side of the Witch Hunt
A post on Legal History Miscellany examines the history of English witchcraft from a legal standpoint. Despite popular myths, witch hunts are less a...
Image Prompt: Tacoma 1910
Photos are a great reference and writing inspiration. In this post, you can find some photos of historical Tacoma, Washington, from the early 1910s....
