Category Archives: History

Orchil

Posted on March 9, 2013 by Sean

orchil. Article #42 Vol 8, pg 985. What’s more exciting than a purple dye that you somehow extract from a boring brown lichen? Britannica tells us that “orchil” can refer to the dye extracted from the lichen, or to the lichen … Continue reading →

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Great Mogul Diamond

Posted on March 9, 2013 by Sean

Great Mogul Diamond. Article #41 Vol 5, pg 446. The Great Mogul Diamond was the largest diamond ever discovered in India.  Discovered in 1650, it was estimated at  780 carats as a rough stone and then very badly cut by a … Continue reading →

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Moche

Posted on February 10, 2013 by Sean

Moche. Article #37. Vol 8, pg 212. The Moche was a civilization that existed between the 1st and 8th century AD, along the north coast of Peru. The Moche culture existed as a series of independently ruled towns and cities in … Continue reading →

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Letter of Barnabas

Posted on January 13, 2013 by Sean

Barnabas, Letter of. Article #21. Vol 1, pg 903. The Letter of Barnabas is an early church document, written in Greek.  Despite its name, scholars believe that it was written by some early church writer in the 1st or 2nd century, … Continue reading →

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Hwicce

Posted on January 8, 2013 by Sean

Hwicce. Article #15. Vol 6, pg 183. The Hwicce were the inhabitants of one of the sub-kingdoms in Anglo-Saxon England, from around 580 AD to 780 AD.  I guess being just a sub-kingdom explains why Britannica only gives them about an … Continue reading →

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Delphi

Posted on January 5, 2013 by Sean

Delphi. Article #8. Vol 3, pg 979. If you’ve ever seen or read any Greek plays, you know that before doing pretty much anything, the ancient Greeks would first consult the oracle at Delphi to see how things were going to … Continue reading →

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Félibrige

Posted on January 3, 2013 by Sean

Félibrige. Article #6. Vol. 4, pg 719. It’s no secret that the French are known for wanting to keep the French language pure and avoiding being railroaded by English, the modern lingua franca.  While I do think that the French … Continue reading →

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