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Once a fashion statement, the Elizabethan collar has taken on a new meaning and a new purpose. It looked uncomfortable, ridiculous, and impractical when the Queen wore it. Also called the E-collar ...
What exactly did people eat in the Medieval Era? Kamala Harris reemerges after election loss with new message to supporters: ‘Don’t let anyone take your power’ Archaeologists discover 3,000 ...
The Elizabethan era ended Monday in an instant, with the breaking of a wand. Britain laid to rest its longest-reigning sovereign with ceremony and spectacle on a scale that outdid even this ...
Researchers recently analyzed nine Elizabethan era archeological sites across London’s Bankside entertainment district to document a new way to locate, study, and identify bear-baiting evidence.
A Neolithic-era pit unearthed in Pieria in Northern Greece sheds light on the eating habits of early inhabitants.
In the 1600s, food distribution was legally enforced in England. Shutterstock/Yau Ming Low Today, people regularly speak of being forced to choose between eating and heating as food and energy ...
Away from the luxury of the monarchy in the Elizabethan era, life for ordinary people was often hard and the number of poor people increased during Elizabeth’s reign. Unlike now, there was no ...
British architecture changed beyond recognition during the late Queen’s reign, reflecting the social, aesthetic and technological transformations of the past seven decades.
The Bard makes over 2000 mentions of food in his plays. So what did the man eat back in the day?
According to Francine Segan, author of Shakespeare’s Kitchen-- an introduction for contemporary cooks to the foods of William Shakespeare’s world--during the Elizabethan era in England, people ...
The Queen was 25 years old, and began her reign in an era of continuing postwar austerity and ration books that, equally, was characterized by an optimistic new social deal — a fanfare for the ...