Etiket: centuries
‘This soil of the waves’: centuries of reclamation of fertile salt marshes brought Groningen great prosperity
With the proposed annexation of the Oostpolder, the expanding Eemshaven will again swallow up a large chunk of land that was conquered from the sea in the nineteenth century. A…
Three centuries of poetry albums on display in new exhibition in the Wijk: ‘Handwriting makes a big difference’
‘Start the day with a dance. Start the day with a smile. Who looks cheerful in the morning. He laughs all day long.’ It is one of the many poems…
Globalization, as the Christmas story also shows, is centuries old. Let’s be careful with it
If there had been economists in year zero, I’m sure one of them in Bethlehem would have measured a sudden, localized spike in wealth inequality. Three Wise Men delivered a…
Five centuries of art underground: what Michelangelo’s vault hides
Art has been one of the pillars of human life since the beginning. Cave paintings, Gothic architecture, the Mona Lisa or the Sistine Chapel are just a few examples of…
LOOK. Porcelain from the Ming dynasty lay at the bottom of the South China Sea for centuries, but is now coming back to land | Home
Archaeologists make an ancient discovery at the bottom of the South China Sea. They found 580 pieces of porcelain from the Ming dynasty. These are vases, plates and pots that…
How Clari Lambers practiced ‘the oldest profession in the world’ in Hoogeveen centuries ago. A performance about a prostitute is performed in Schippershuus during Verhalenweekend Drenthe
Prostitute Clari Lambers was the manager of Roelof van Echten’s inn in the 15th century. Her story was staged two years ago by Sara Rosman and Kimberley van Keulen for…
Encrypted letter from Emperor Charles V finally deciphered after five centuries | Science
A team of French researchers has succeeded in deciphering a letter written by Emperor Charles V. From 1519 to 1556, he was emperor of the Roman-German Empire, which also included…
Drought in China brings out an island with three ancient Buddhist statues 6 centuries old
The drop in the water level of the yangtze river has revealed a submerged island in the city of Chongqing, in southwestern China, and a trio of buddhist statues believed…
How Heerlen forgot more than 15 centuries of history | 1Limburg
Heerlen has long neglected a large part of its past. Most attention has always been paid to the city’s thriving Roman times. And of course to the period when the…
Count Floris de V returns after more than seven centuries in his Geertruidenberg
After centuries of absence, Floris de V, Count of Holland and Zeeland, returns to the city where he organized a major knight tournament during Easter 1279. “In the autumn he…