About European HistoryEuropean HistoryCampaign to save Hougoumont- June 21, 2008 Hougoumont farmhouse is, by recent accounts, a rather dilapidated structure which belies its important role during the battle of Waterloo, when Allied troops held it against French assaults and helped...http://europeanhistory.about.com/b/2008/06/21/campaign-to-save-hougoumont.htm Restorers Face Giant Jigsaw Puzzle- June 21, 2008 Sixteen restorers in Sardinia are trying to reconstruct between 30 and 35 statues and 300 smaller models from 5000 fragments. The pieces were first uncovered by ploughing in 1974 in...http://europeanhistory.about.com/b/2008/06/21/restorers-face-giant-jigsaw-puzzle.htm Degree in Stained Glass- June 21, 2008 York University, UK, is offering a postgraduate course in stained glass, an old method of producing often beautiful windows. The MA will last two years, including a five...http://europeanhistory.about.com/b/2008/06/21/degree-in-stained-glass.htm Berlin Airlift: A Different View- June 14, 2008 I was interested this week in Paul Steeges article for the International Herald and Tribune called Cold War Myths, It argues, counter to much of the literature on the subject,...http://europeanhistory.about.com/b/2008/06/14/berlin-airlift-a-different-view.htm Famous Statue of Hadrian Revealed as Error- June 14, 2008 A statue of the Roman Emperor Hadrian wearing Greek clothes, sometimes cited as evidence of his greekophile nature, has been revealed as a Victorian mistake. The head is genuinely that...http://europeanhistory.about.com/b/2008/06/14/famous-statue-of-hadrian-revealed-as-error.h... Necropolis for Workers Discovered- June 14, 2008 Archaeologists have announced the discovery of a large necropolis in Rome, seemingly devoted to the burial of workers. 70% of the skeletons examined so far belong to men aged between...http://europeanhistory.about.com/b/2008/06/14/necropolis-for-workers-discovered.htm Emoticons have Medieval Roots- June 7, 2008 I saw this fun article in Canada's National Post, talking about a researcher who found evidence of the first emoticons in a journal dating to 1882, talking about US and...http://europeanhistory.about.com/b/2008/06/07/emoticons-have-medieval-roots.htm A New Dumas- June 7, 2008 Alexandre Dumas, a French author from the nineteenth century, is probably most famous for writing classics like The Three Musketeers and The Man in the Iron Mask. Well, hes got...http://europeanhistory.about.com/b/2008/06/07/a-new-dumas.htm Archaeologists after WW1 Mass Grave- June 7, 2008 Archaeologists are searching for a mass grave they believe contains the remains of 399 British and Anzac soldiers who died during a battle in France in 1916. The combat, part...http://europeanhistory.about.com/b/2008/06/07/archaeologists-after-ww1-mass-grave.htm |