Ancient weather records kept by Arabic scholars between 816-1009 AD are helping scientists study climate change. Until now researchers have relied on official records detailing weather patterns including air force reports during WW2 and 18th century ship’s logs. Now a team of Spanish scientists from the Universidad de Extremadura have turned to Arabic documentary sources [...]
: Medieval News Medieval and Ancient History News Monday , February 27, 2012 Arabic sources show extreme weather hit medieval Baghdad Medieval manuscripts written by Arabic scholars can provide valuable meteorological information to help modern scientists reconstruct the climate of the past , a new study has revealed . The research , published in Weather , analyses the writings of scholars , historians and diarists in Iraq during the Islamic Golden Age between 816-1009 AD for evidence of extreme weather in Iraq , including snowfalls and hailstorms in . Baghdad Reconstructing climates from the past provides historical comparison to modern weather events and valuable context for climate change . In the natural world trees , ice cores and coral provide evidence of past weather , but from
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Researchers have examined a collection of Italian 19th century mummifed heads. A mounted human head strikes a brain-teasing pose—just one of eight forgotten but stunningly preserved 19th-century Italian mummies whose secrets of preservation have only recently been unraveled. Working in the town of Salò, anatomist Giovan Battista Rini (1795-1856) “petrified” the corpses and body parts [...]
A roadwork project in Malta has uncovered a Muslim cemetery which dates back to the 17th century. Two archaeologists were working hard at documenting the findings yesterday afternoon. Remains ran along the chiselled rock at various points, with the occasional bone jutting out. “We’re working along the cross section, cleaning up the debris surrounding the [...]: Medieval News Medieval and Ancient History News Wednesday , February 15, 2012 Mapping the Medieval Countryside project receives 528,000 in funding A new project from King’s College London and the University of Winchester will allow researchers to explore the lands of medieval England as never before has received over half a million pounds in . funding The three-year project is led by medieval historian Professor Michael Hicks at Winchester , and Paul Spence , Senior Lecturer at Kings’ College London’s Department of Digital Humanities . It will digitise hundreds of years worth of records showing the land held by tenants at the time of their death . The Mapping the Medieval Countryside : The Fifteenth Century Inquisitions Post Mortem’ project has been made possible by a 528,000 grant from