New: iknowhowAll contenthive-129948krhive-196917steemzzanhive-183959hive-166405hive-185836uncommonlabhive-180932hive-150122hive-183397hive-101145hive-144064photographybitcoinlifehive-188619hive-193637hive-124908hive-139150hive-163341hive-184714krsuccesshive-103599TrendingNewHotLikersiknowhow (55)in iknowhow • 7 years agoHistory & Life: How Clothes Were Cleaned In The Days Before Washing MachinesCoping with washday blues Washday has always been at best a trial, and at worst a curse, as the great Restoration diarist Samuel Pepys makes clear in his terse entry for April 4, 1666: 'Home…iknowhow (55)in iknowhow • 7 years agoHistory & Writing: How Ancient Civilizations Developed Their Own Writing Form.Clay was molded into the records of the ancient world, as well as its bricks, tiles and pots. From before 3000 BC, the Sumerians of ancient Mesopotamia kept records by drawing pictures on soft clay…iknowhow (55)in iknowhow • 7 years agoHistory & War: How Prisoners of War of the Second World War Tunneled Their Way to Freedom.The Great Escape At the tunnel face, a young RAF officer drenched in perspiration lay on his side, chipping at the sandy earth inches from his nose, while a second officer heaped the excavated…iknowhow (55)in iknowhow • 7 years agoHistory & Law: How The Roman Empire Was GovernedThe Emperor Trajan was annoyed with Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus, governor of the Roman province of Bithynia in Northern Turkey. Why did he trouble him with petty problems? Trajan had enough on…iknowhow (55)in iknowhow • 7 years agoHistory & Medicine: How Disease Was Diagnosed And Treated In Ancient Egypt.A Book of Wounds The ancient Egyptian medical manual, written around 1600 BC, describes treatment for fractures, dislocations, wounds, tumours and other surgical disorders. The Greek historian…iknowhow (55)in iknowhow • 7 years agoHistory & Life: A Wedding On Ancient Egypt, Ancient Greece and Lithuanian Jews.A marriage on trial (Egypt) The wedding procession of the 12-year old tamit moves joyfully through the streets of Thebes. Resplendent in a sparkling white dress and matching shawl. Tamit shyly…iknowhow (55)in iknowhow • 7 years agoHistory & Sports: How The Greeks Organized The Olympic Games.To honor Zeus The athletes marched slowly down the great way to the grove of Altis at Olympia, the most sacred site of Zeus, the ruler or gods. In to days the Olympic Games would start. So…iknowhow (55)in iknowhow • 7 years agoHistory & Food: How Prehistoric Man Hunted And Fished.Lying in wait for food The group of silent hunters squatted patiently in the bushes and tall grasses near a herd of grazing bison. At a signal, the men jumped to their feet, hurling stones…iknowhow (55)in iknowhow • 7 years agoHistory & Engineering: How Athenians Built Their Parthenon In Just 15 Years.Shrine to a goddess of wisdom The Goddess' ivory skin glowed softly in the half-light of the temple's inner room. Her magnificent frame stood 33 ft tall, the masterpiece of the Greek sculptor…iknowhow (55)in iknowhow • 7 years agoHistory & Engineering: How Stonehenge Was Built.The huge stone on the ground was 20 ft long and weighed 50 tons. At its foot lay a pit 8 ft deep, three sides help up by wooden stakes and the fourth- nearest to the base of the stone- shaped as a…iknowhow (55)in iknowhow • 7 years agoHistory & Life: How The Ancient Egyptians Improved Their Looks.The wealthy Egyptian lawyer turned to his wife and asked her to check that his eye shadow was even. Although he was well practised in the art of applying make-up, he wanted to be absolutely…iknowhow (55)in iknowhow • 7 years agoHistory & Discovery: How Medieval Europeans Travelled Overland to China.They were hard put to complete the journey in 3 and a half years, because of snow and rain and flooded rivers and violent storms in the countries through which they had to pass, and because they…iknowhow (55)in iknowhow • 7 years agoHistory & Discovery: How did Vikings crossed the Atlantic without compass or sea chart.THE WIND WHISTLING THROUGH THE RIGGING HAD TO BE A WIND FROM THE GODS. It was freakish, blowing Eric the Red ever westward further into exile. For days now, he had been sailing into the unknown…iknowhow (55)in iknowhow • 7 years agoPutting Steemit on Top! Introducing @iknowhow, a blog of knowledge. Because Steemit Knows!This is a blog for everyone who has ever looked with wonder at the world around them. This tells how people have overcome what often appear to be impossible odds to help to create that world.…
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