The remarkable tale of a shipwrecked boy with a gift for mending broken bones, will be re-told by his 6th generation descendant to Anglesey coast hikers.
A Complete Beginner’s First Year of Blogging – 50 Lessons Learned
Abroad in the Yard is 1 year old today! Here are 50 lessons I’ve learned over the last 12 months on branding, content, traffic, feedback, making money and life as a blogger.
Logistics of Roman Empire brought to life by online ancient Route Planner
Historians and IT specialists at Stanford University have created an amazing online route planner for the ancient world.
1852 letter describes incredible hardship of family’s 2000 mile wagon journey across the Old West
A letter, written by Lydia Jones Simmons to her mother in 1852, recounts the suffering and deprivation her family suffered on the trail from Indiana to Oregon.
WW2 RAF fighter plane found in the Sahara – pilot survived crash, but likely died trying to escape the desert on foot
The untouched aircraft was discovered where it crash landed in the Sahara Desert in 1942, more than 200 miles from the nearest civilisation.
Better social networking allowed modern humans rather than Neanderthals to conquer the planet
The creation of symbolic objects, rather than improved hunter gatherer techniques allowed modern humans to network across vast territories.
Folding Chair suggests direct Bronze Age Germanic links to Ancient Egypt
The ingeniously designed folding chair, in existence in Mesopotamia 4,500 years ago and still widely used today, suddenly became popular in northern Europe 3,500 years ago.
How 10 great World Cities used to look
Reconstructions of how 10 of the world’s greatest cities looked when they were first settled.
Canadian couple find 10,000 year-old bison skeleton buried in basement
A couple laying a power line to their suburban basement last week have unearthed the near-complete skeleton of a prehistoric bison.
Mass Grave reveals horror of Thirty Years’ War’s bloodiest battle
Until recently there was no trace of the thousands killed at the Battle of Lützen in 1632. Now the discovery of a mass grave is revealing the grisly details of its victims.
Australian VC hero walks in his great-grandfather’s footsteps on the beaches of Gallipoli
This week, Australian SAS soldier Ben Roberts-Smith VC joined a pilgrimage to Anzac Cove, where his great-grandfather fought 97 years before.
Native American tribes and University of California in legal fight over Paleo-Indian remains
University of California and Kumeyaay Indians are locked in a legal battle over the “the genetic crown jewels of the peopling of the Americas”.
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My great-grandfather, Billy Whiteside, was a Great War veteran. Most of his fellow survivors went on to lead unremarkable lives; some went on to fame, or infamy.
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The 1921 UK Census is closed to the public until 2022, but lobbying genealogists want it to be released now.
Geomorphing Ribble Valley over 750 Million Years
The geomorphing landscape of Pendle Hill and Clitheroe in the Ribble Valley as it drifts through polar, tropical, desert, savannah and glacial environments over 750 million years.
What Draws Humans to the Oceans?
We originally came from the oceans, but of all the great apes, only humans took to the sea to explore the world. Are we ‘Aquatic Apes’ by design, or is it more about the way we think?
Blackburn Brothers Missing at Sea - Researching Royal Navy Service: 1932-1945
When HMS Eagle was sunk in the Mediterranean in 1942, my grandad and his brother were 'missing at sea'. The effect on the family at home.
Rift Valley to Ribble Valley in 60,000 Years
My ancestors left Africa 60,000 years ago and became the first Europeans. A timeline of events they lived through before settling in Lancashire 1,000 years ago.
5 Ways a DNA Test can Change Your World View #1 - Human Origins
Modern humans emerged 200,000 years ago. They looked like us, but did they behave like us?
5 Ways a DNA Test can Change Your World View #2 - Natural World
Despite our evolution to 'super-ape' our bodies have retained vestiges of our ancient past.
5 Ways a DNA Test can Change Your World View #4 - Religion
Can billions of people around the world be wrong? How Christian geneticists reconcile the Bible with human genome research.
5 Ways a DNA Test can Change Your World View #5 - Class
What is it about the upper classes that has made them ‘superior’ to me and my ancestors for the last 1000 years?
Gallipoli 1915 - Churchill's Part in my Great-Grandad's Downfall
How my great-grandad was one of the tens of thousands who fell sick at Gallipoli in 1915 - and why my family blamed Winston Churchill for his downfall.
Y-DNA Test - I am a Viking, OK!
Our Viking origins were assumed in the family for years, but never proved. Did a Y-DNA test change that?
