The first time I stumbled across a reference to the disease known as phthiriasis (pronounced “thuh-RY-uh-sis) I was reading Plutarch’s gleeful account of the death of the Roman tyrant Sulla.
Lucius Cornelius Sulla (138 – 78 BC), who had a… Read More
Desdemona's alleged crime--giving away her handkerchief to another man--takes on more significance when you know that the first handkerchiefs arrived in Europe during the 15th century, from China, and were so costly they were often bequeathed in wills.