I think this is amazing learning about the Victorians and what they have been through,and I just love the way you put puns in from time to time!. John Victorians are very different and it would be interesting to go back in time and see everything! Archie I am loving the history. A ...
Jet jewelry even before Victorian times was used to make mourning jewelry, but it is closely associated with the Victorian era, especially in jewelry after the death of Prince Albert. Many Victorians believed that garnets endowed their wearers with qualities of faith, constancy and truth. Popular...
11. About 10 percent of the worlds population is left handed No one is quite sure why left handers exist. Some people think it may be genetic, others think it may be to do with how the baby behaves in the womb. Either way, about 10% of the global population is left-handed, and so...
Since the second story is about the nymph of Aphrodite, people know it as the symbolization of bashfulness. Besides, in the Victorians’ belief, if you dug up a peony, fairies would come a curse you. Moreover, China and Japan have their concept of symbolization. For Chinese, Peonies mean ...
How Victorians Used Mummies... Ancient Egyptians Mummified... All About The Tollund Man, The 2,400-Year-Old Bog Body Photo: Forest Eyes flickr CC-BY-NC-ND 2.0 Laura Allan Updated May 29, 20241.1M views14 items In 1640, a strange body was discovered in the peat bogs of Shalkholz Fen...
Today “Victorian” connotes a prudish refusal to admit theexistence of sex, hypocritically combined with constant discussions of sex, thinly veiled as a series of warnings. There is some truth to both sides of thisstereotype. Some few educated Victorians did write a lot about sex, includingpor...
and every social station. Lyell wrote enthusiastic and informative books, in 1845 and 1849, about each of his two long visits to the New World. Unlike the majority of well-off Victorians, Lyell was a vocal supporter of the Union cause in theAmerican Civil War. Familiar with both North and...
You know what they say: An apple a day keeps the doctor away. Here’s why you should chow down on a McIntosh, Fuji, or Gala apple with your lunch today.
12. What About Me?! Around this time, Matilda faced a lot obstacles between her and the throne. Due to her gender, people refused to believe she could lead troops into battle. But when she tried, many writers found fault with that too and said she was arrogant. Frustratingly, they recog...
WTF fun facts for kids and people of all ages about yourself, animals, and the things around us. These random snippets might make you a quiz night champ.