Tastes Of HistoryMay 912 minLudi: ancient Greek and Roman gamesContinuing the series 'Ludi', and following on from ancient Egypt, here are selection of games played by ancient Greeks and Romans. Pente...
Tastes Of HistoryApr 112 minLudi: the ancient Egyptian game of SenetSenet is one of the oldest games in the world and may be the ancestor of modern backgammon. The oldest known representation of Senet is a...
Tastes Of HistoryMar 143 minLudi: the ancient Egyptian game of AsebAseb is the Egyptian version of the ancient Middle Eastern game called ‘The Game of 20 Squares’. Aseb is related to the ‘Royal Game of...
Tastes Of HistoryFeb 142 minLudi: the ancient Egyptian game of MehenMehen is an ancient Egyptian game references to which have been found already in the predynastic period before 3100 BC. The gameboard is...
Tastes Of HistoryJan 172 minLudi: ancient Mesopotamian gamesThe Royal Game of Ur, also known as the ‘Game of Twenty Squares’, is a two-player strategy race board game first played in ancient...
Tastes Of HistoryOct 10, 20214 minVaguely 'Historical' CostumeWe think it is great for children to dress up but many of the products for sale are, to the trained eye, rather dubious. What follows is...
Tastes Of HistoryAug 6, 20214 minHow to: Build a replica Cannon Part FiveThe Gunners' Equipment In Part One, where we established the background to building our replica cannon. In describing the firing drills...
Tastes Of HistoryJul 7, 20215 minHow to: Make a simple Egyptian, Greek or Roman costumeThis “How to:” guide is for those readers wishing to recreate simple yet effective historical costume. It is primarily aimed at teachers...
Tastes Of HistoryJan 19, 20218 minHow to: Build a replica Cannon Part FourProjectiles In Parts One to Three of this "How to:" series we established the background to and how we went about building our scale...
Tastes Of HistoryNov 25, 20205 minHow to: Build a replica Cannon Part ThreeThe Gun Carriage In Part Two we looked at seven steps to building a barrel for a replica naval gun that was both lightweight and portable....
Tastes Of HistoryOct 5, 20204 minHow to: Build a replica Cannon Part TwoThe Gun Barrel The core element, the cannon's barrel, is so named because the earliest guns were constructed with iron staves bound...
Tastes Of HistorySep 27, 20206 minHow to: Build a replica Cannon Part OneThe Background History Part One of this series begins with a very brief look at the history of a typical naval gun in use with the Royal...
Tastes Of HistoryAug 19, 20201 minAn Intelligencer's Guide to: Circular ReportingCircular reporting is where a piece of information appears to come from numerous sources, but in reality is derived from only a single...
Tastes Of HistoryAug 19, 20202 minAn Intelligencer's Guide to: Assessing Information Part TwoIn Assessing Information Part One, we looked at how the reliability of sources and the credibility of information can be graded to give...
Tastes Of HistoryAug 19, 20204 minAn Intelligencer's Guide to: Assessing Information Part OneIn our first "Intelligencer's Guide" we considered the six questions to ask when investigating any subject. Continually asking "Who?",...
Tastes Of HistoryAug 19, 20205 minAn Intelligencer's Guide to: Asking the Right Questions Many of us rely on the media to keep us informed. The problem I increasingly find is that much of what we are told or read contains less...
Tastes Of HistoryJun 19, 20207 minDionysios' PolybolosThe design of Dionysios of Alexandria’s 'Polybolos' is somewhat unique in the annals of ancient artillery. The very name 'Polybolos' or...