Pig Remains Show How Far Prehistoric People Traveled to Visit Stonehenge
"Epic Neolithic feasts drew crowds from opposite ends of Britain. "
I think the Celts and the Druid culture reached far beyond Britain, and had more influence on ancient Europe than the Romans. Here is an interesting podcast that explores this assertion. Parts one and Two
The Mystery of the Continuously Functioning Battery From 1840
"A battery at the University of Oxford has been incessantly ringing two bells for 175 years—but no one knows exactly why it’s lasted so long."
No one? A metallurgist and a chemist walk into a museum...
Running since 1864, the Beverly Clock has yet to be wound. It's one of the longest-running science experiments known.
"Despite many attempts, and many claims, of having built a perpetual
motion machine, (see Steorn’s recent Orbo device) no one has, for one
very simple reason. They are impossible."
This Renaissance warrior woman defied powerful popes to defend her lands
"One of the most exceptional figures of the Italian Renaissance, Sforza rubbed shoulders with the artistic and cultural geniuses of her era. She defied convention, studied alchemy, and welcomed confrontation with the Borgias and other powerful families."
It reads like a tawdry medeival melodrama, but then doesn't most human history? Interesting, nonetheless.