Did you know that avocados are also grown in Africa? | About Avocados, South Africa

Avocados in Africa

The production of avocados in South Africa started in the 1930s by Dr Hans Merensky who established the first avocado orchards at Westfalia Estate in the Limpopo Province. This company’s technical division: Westfalia Technological Services (WTS), has now become the world’s largest privately-funded subtropical fruit research organisation. The South African Avocado Growers Association (SAAGA) was…

Ancient Treasures: An Exclusive Tour of the Penn Museum

[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AlKKvJKBd3s&ab_channel=Miniminuteman[/embed] In this video I team up with none other than my favorite Near East archaeologist and Bagdad Battery skeptic: Dr. Brad Hafford. Career archaeologist and fellow YouTube teacher (@artifactuallyspeaking) Dr. Hafford takes us on a tour through the collections of the Penn Museum in Philadelphia. We will see ancient pottery, mysterious incantation bowls inscribed…

Archaeologists Unearth Buddha Statue in Ancient Egyptian Port City | Smart News| Smithsonian Magazine

Archaeologists Unearth Buddha Statue in Ancient Egyptian Port City

Researchers have discovered a two-foot-tall Buddha statue in Berenike, an ancient Egyptian port city. The artifact is the first Buddha ever found west of Afghanistan, according to the New York Review of Books’ William Dalrymple. Made from Mediterranean marble, it provides new evidence of trade between ancient Rome and India.Based on stylistic details, the researchers…

Scientists Have ID’d the Worm in Your Mescal – Scientific American

Scientific inspiration can strike anywhere—even at a restaurant bar in Oaxaca, Mexico. That’s where a team of insect researchers decided to use DNA sequencing to identify what larva lurks in bottles of the nation’s iconic alcohol, mescal.“We were taking a break, we were at a restaurant, and then we just saw these bottles,” says Akito…

Gerry Finkel Book Launch Celebration – The World According to Gerry

Gerry Finkel Book Launch Celebration

[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3M6LFWYADzs&ab_channel=IndieAuthorsWorld[/embed] At the age of eighty-three, after sixty-one years in his fulfilling profession as an academic pathologist, retirement was a bit of a bummer for Gerry Finkel. What does a man with a sharp mind and intellect, keen wit and a desire to communicate do? He opened the door allowing us to step into The…

Medieval People Got Stressed. Just Like Us! #History #Stress

[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBxmWZfgiWA&ab_channel=TheWelshViking[/embed] I’m stressed. We’re all stressed. It’s why I don’t upload as much as I want. But if you, like many people, think that being stressed out of your gourd is a modern invention, I’ve got a few people you should meet from 600, 700, and a thousand years ago. Did you know that in…

Hummus lovers here? Try VARDABİT: A Complete Vegetarian Meal with Beans & Tahini #TurkishFood

VARDABİT

[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTN1YpNP9c8&ab_channel=Refika%27sKitchen[/embed] Today, we’re making a Turkish flavor sensation called VARDABIT!  It’s a star appetizer from the famous Turkish TV series ”AİLE”! In the series, Vardabit is Aslan’s favorite food. The mom makes this recipe for him and says, ”He only eats mine.” Featuring tahini and beans, this easy-to-make & flavorful dish is guaranteed to wow…

Archaeologists have uncovered the first human representations of the people of mythical Tartessos – Arkeonews

Archaeologists have uncovered the first human representations of the people of mythical Tartessos

The team from Mérida’s Institute of Archaeology believes two of the busts discovered in what is thought to be a shrine or pantheon represent Tartessian goddesses, despite the fact that Tartessian religion was previously thought to be aniconic (opposed to the use of idols or images).The stone busts’ facial depiction, as well as the inclusion…

Kush: Ancient Sudan

Kush

[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mx5orPo0hAQ&ab_channel=MaxDashu[/embed] Khartoum neolithic ceramics. Nabta Playa. Vulva petroglyphs. Stone figurines. Female icons of the “A-group” neolithic. Incised and painted pottery. Ritual stands. C-group archaeology. Megalithic burials. New styles of female figurines and incised ceramics. Black-on-red pots, a Nile valley pattern shared with late neolithic Egypt. The Kerma culture, class stratified kingdom with impressive architecture. Ivory…