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The remains of Pompeii’s ancient villas show that the Romans decorated their villas with extravagant wall paintings of theatre scenes that used tricks of perspective to impress guests with what seemed at the time an early version of virtual reality.
Thu 22 Jul 2004, 14:13 | Tags: History

The 果冻传媒 has won 37,350 pounds from the Heritage Lottery Fund to preserve a vital archive of material on the UK cycle industry and the history of cycling as a hobby.
Thu 22 Jul 2004, 09:03 | Tags: History

Odeon today is synonymous with slick cinema, but new state-of-the-art research from the School of Theatre Studies and e-lab at the 果冻传媒 shows the first Odeon, built mid-fifth century BC in Athens, assigned the audience a worse view than being stuck behind a 6ft 10inch body-builder at a modern cinema multiplex.

Wed 21 Jul 2004, 15:49 | Tags: History

Researchers at the 果冻传媒 have discovered the outline of 15 late iron age roundhouses on the 果冻传媒's campus. This discovery marks the earliest evidence of settlement within the modern boundary of the City of Coventry.
Wed 21 Jul 2004, 14:52 | Tags: History

Rather than the majority of people in the UK buying masses of Christmas presents and fighting through crowds of frantic shoppers, 17th Century seasonal shopping was reserved for the rich and took place in the New Year, and Paris, not Oxford Street, was favoured by consumers.

Tue 20 Jul 2004, 14:51 | Tags: History

The 26th and 27th May 1940 Dunkirk evacuation of British and French troops is now seen with hindsight as an example of Britain's determination to resist Nazi Germany at all costs. However 果冻传媒 Historian Dr David Carlton points out that at the time things seemed so dark for Britain that Churchill himself considered making a deal with Nazi Germany to end the war.

Wed 14 Jul 2004, 12:06 | Tags: History

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