Tag: Mayan

• Hidden in Plain Sight: How LiDAR is Revealing Lost Cities

  

  I’m really excited for today’s guest post. I’ve always found archaeology fascinating, and every now and then you hear about amazing ways technology has caused a breakthrough in our historical knowledge. Years ago when I ran my Monthly Round Up series of historical news, numerous pieces looked at this exact thing, such as when radar…

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  July 23, 2026

  Archaeology

  Amazon Rainforest, Ancient History, Angkor Wat, Archaeology, Asian History, European History, history, LiDAR, Mayan, Medieval History, South American History, Uzbekistan, Valeriana

• From Olmecs to Cadbury: A History of Chocolate

  

  Chocolate is a product that can be found in pretty much every cupboard. It is one of our favourite sweet treats, but few of us probably think twice about the history of chocolate when we’re having a craving. This unassuming product has been consumed for over 3,000 years, and the sweet chocolate bars that we…

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  October 3, 2021

  History of Food

  American History, Ancient History, Aztecs, Chocolate, Early Modern, Early Modern Europe, Food, Food History, Georgian, history, History of Food, Mayan, Native American, Victorian England

• New Year, New Me: A History of Calendars

  

  So the New Year is here, and I’m sure many of you will have made resolutions or goals for how you’re going to make this year better than the last. As humans in a modern world, we are ruled by time. Minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, and years dictate our lives – what we are…

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  January 4, 2018

  Seasonal

  Calendar, English History, European History, French Revolution, history, History of Time, Mayan, Medieval Europe, Medieval History, Neolithic, New Year, Resolutions, Roman, Time