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    Dispelling Some Myths: ‘Over and Out’
    Tastes Of History
    • 3 hours ago
    • 4 min

    Dispelling Some Myths: ‘Over and Out’

    In the big scheme of things today’s post is a very minor ‘gripe’. It does, however, reflect on the historical accuracy of television...
    Dispelling Some Myths: Romans in the Americas
    Tastes Of History
    • Apr 19
    • 6 min

    Dispelling Some Myths: Romans in the Americas

    The mosaic floor pictured (right) is housed in a gallery dedicated to ancient Roman frescoes and mosaics on the second floor of the...
    Dispelling Some Myths: 'ancient Roman trebuchets'?
    Tastes Of History
    • Mar 29
    • 9 min

    Dispelling Some Myths: 'ancient Roman trebuchets'?

    A recent search of the internet for information on Roman artillery machines returned, amongst other results, a website with a page...
    Dispelling Some Myths: Cooking in a Shield?
    Tastes Of History
    • Mar 2
    • 3 min

    Dispelling Some Myths: Cooking in a Shield?

    Farinata (‘made of flour’), a classic Italian street food, apparently enjoys two provenance myths according to BBC History Magazine [1]....
    Cleopatra: the African Queen
    Tastes Of History
    • Jan 3
    • 3 min

    Cleopatra: the African Queen

    Cleopatra VII was the last ruler of the Ptolemaic dynasty, ruling Egypt from 51 BC - 30 BC. She is celebrated for her beauty and her love...
    Dispelling Some Myths: Woad
    Tastes Of History
    • Dec 28, 2021
    • 7 min

    Dispelling Some Myths: Woad

    It is widely held, and oft repeated, that ancient Britons, and most especially the Picts, painted or tattooed their bodies with Woad.We...
    Paranormal thinking?
    Tastes Of History
    • Dec 15, 2021
    • 7 min

    Paranormal thinking?

    Somehow we got talking about ghosts a couple of days ago. We both were reminded of working at Tutbury Castle in Staffordshire and how it...
    Dispelling Some Myths: Sweeney Todd
    Tastes Of History
    • Dec 14, 2021
    • 3 min

    Dispelling Some Myths: Sweeney Todd

    Fact or Fiction? Despite some believing he was a real person, the murderous ‘Barber of Fleet Street’, Sweeney Todd, is in fact an...
    Dispelling Some Myths: Would Mediaeval archers really shoot 12 arrows a minute?
    Tastes Of History
    • Dec 7, 2021
    • 3 min

    Dispelling Some Myths: Would Mediaeval archers really shoot 12 arrows a minute?

    ‘Welsh & English longbowman used a single-piece longbow to deliver arrows that could penetrate contemporary plate armour and mail. The...
    Black Friday
    Tastes Of History
    • Nov 29, 2021
    • 12 min

    Black Friday

    On November 18th, 1910, three hundred female protesters marched to the Houses of Parliament as part of their campaign to secure voting...
    Dispelling Some Myths: Chinese Ironworking
    Tastes Of History
    • Sep 27, 2021
    • 7 min

    Dispelling Some Myths: Chinese Ironworking

    Hosted by the actor Danny Trejo, the US television series 'Man at Arms: Art of War', brought together martial arts experts and master...
    Dispelling Some Myths: "Blood Grooves"
    Tastes Of History
    • May 17, 2021
    • 2 min

    Dispelling Some Myths: "Blood Grooves"

    There is a persistent myth about the function of a sword's fuller that it 'releases the vacuum' when the blade is thrust into a person....
    Dispelling Some Myths: Dirty water? Drink beer!
    Tastes Of History
    • Apr 29, 2021
    • 5 min

    Dispelling Some Myths: Dirty water? Drink beer!

    For some reason it is often stated on popular television programmes that Mediæval Europeans drank lots of wine, ale or beer all day,...
    Dispelling Some Myths: The Amazons
    Tastes Of History
    • Apr 27, 2021
    • 9 min

    Dispelling Some Myths: The Amazons

    For those studying the ancient Greeks, you will undoubtedly come across tales of the Amazons, the fearsome, man-hating warrior women of...
    Dispelling Some Myths: Mediæval Peasants ate Bland Food
    Tastes Of History
    • Apr 15, 2021
    • 5 min

    Dispelling Some Myths: Mediæval Peasants ate Bland Food

    The first thing to note is that what people ate was heavily dependent on where they lived and at what time. For example, Europe covers a...
    Pompeii, Bodies and Assumptions
    Tastes Of History
    • Apr 12, 2021
    • 3 min

    Pompeii, Bodies and Assumptions

    Last year, on Saturday November 21st, 2020, the Italian culture ministry announced to the world’s media that archaeologists had...
    Pay in the Legions
    Tastes Of History
    • Mar 9, 2021
    • 1 min

    Pay in the Legions

    From the time of the Consul Gaius Marius onwards, legionaries received 10 assēs a day or 225 denarii a year (equal to 900 sestertii)....
    Dispelling Some Myths: Ancient Olympic Medals?
    Tastes Of History
    • Oct 3, 2020
    • 2 min

    Dispelling Some Myths: Ancient Olympic Medals?

    'I don’t believe it!' Bargain Hunt strikes again broadcasting 'facts' that are at best described as misleading and at worst simply...
    Dispelling Some Myths: An Attack of the "Vapours"
    Tastes Of History
    • Sep 23, 2020
    • 6 min

    Dispelling Some Myths: An Attack of the "Vapours"

    Here at Tastes Of History we are avid watchers of the BBC's "Bargain Hunt". If you are unfamiliar with the show, two teams of amateur...
    Dispelling Some Myths: The Wicker Man
    Tastes Of History
    • Sep 7, 2020
    • 7 min

    Dispelling Some Myths: The Wicker Man

    The Wicker Man is a giant effigy supposedly used by the Druids to perform human sacrifice, according to the writings of Gaius Julius...
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