King Tutankhamon's dagger was supposedly made from an iron meteorite
Tutankhamon was Akhenaten's son, and he has risen to the throne at the age of 8 or 9. Considering what has transpired in Egypt, he wasn't...
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The House of Q
- Jan 9, 2022
- 2 min
How Roman engineers built the first straight roads?
At the height of its power in the 2nd century, the imperial Roman army was a formidable force. It had conquered much of the known world,...
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The House of Q
- Dec 11, 2021
- 3 min
What did Auguste Escoffier invent? | The modern restaurant
Luncheon at the Savoy Hotel in London was at its height, and in the restaurant some more than 500 elegant diners were tucking into their...
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The House of Q
- Dec 11, 2021
- 2 min
How did the Romans bake bread?
Trudging grimly round the tiny room, her eyes fixed on nothing in particular, the slave pushed the beam that turned the heavy stone mill....
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The House of Q
- Dec 11, 2021
- 3 min
How did the Athenians build the Parthenon?
The goddess' ivory skin glowed softly in the half-light of the temple's inner room. Her magnificent frame stood 33 feet (10 meters) tall...
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The House of Q
- Dec 10, 2021
- 3 min
How did Julius Caesar conquer Gaul?
Under the command of the Proconsul Julius Caesar, the Roman army marched at speed through the French countryside in the early spring of...
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The House of Q
- Dec 9, 2021
- 2 min
How did Admiral Nelson win the Battle of Trafalgar?
The British and Franco-Spanish Fleets met off Cape Trafalgar, near Cádiz in southern Spain, on October 21, 1805. Two days earlier, the 33...
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The House of Q
- Dec 9, 2021
- 3 min
How did Johannes Gutenberg invent the printing press?
It was one of the greatest triumphs of the Western World. In 1455, Johannes Gutenberg of Mainz, Germany, produced the first printed book...
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The House of Q
- Dec 3, 2021
- 2 min
How did the fountains of Versailles work?
In 1661, the young king of France, Louis XIV, visited Vaux, the superb new estate of the French finance minister Nicolas Fouquet. As the...
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The House of Q
- Dec 3, 2021
- 3 min
How did scientists calculate the speed of light and sound?
Conditions were perfect on that morning in 1640. Without a breath of wind, the poplars surrounding the house were still; there was no...
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The House of Q
- Dec 1, 2021
- 3 min
How was the Panama Canal built and completed and why was it constructed?
A torrent of mud swept down one side of the cut and up the other. Charles Gaillard, the engineer in charge of the Panama Canal, stood...
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The House of Q
- Dec 1, 2021
- 3 min
How did Peter The Great build St. Petersburg?
As the icy Baltic wind gusted about him, Peter The Great, tsar of Russia, surveyed the desolate landscape that he had just wrested from...
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The House of Q
- Dec 1, 2021
- 2 min
How did Venice become a city on water?
As the Roman Empire collapsed in the 5th Century, marauding Goths and Vandals drove many inhabitants of the northern Italian province of...
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