Category Archives: History

$14 POP-BH-18

Posted on 13 April 2018 by

Say you were facing a potential Mad Max world, and carrying a gun or knife in your car would get you arrested (i.e. Chicago). What could you put in the car that would not be too suspicious, yet in a few seconds would give you THE best medieval battle weapon in history, the Battle Hammer? Continue reading →

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Egyptian Lighting

Posted on 14 March 2018 by

A plausible way to make an Egyptian Lightbulb from a few thousand B.C. Continue reading →

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Campi Flegrei, Neanderthals Extinction & Now

Posted on 19 February 2018 by

Will the same volcano that is likely to have destroyed the Neanderthal homeland do the same again? And soon? Implications for Europe… Continue reading →

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Herodotus, Heracles, Keltoi, Kynesians, Salt & Ships

Posted on 12 January 2018 by

A long wide look at some history of the Celts, Atlantis, and things salt and seaborne. Continue reading →

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