When was the vacuum jacket invented?

The early version of a double walled glass, with an evacuated intermediate region between the 2 walls, known as the 'thermos' container or the vacuum flask was devised independently, in 1892, by Scottish chemist Sir James Dewar, and by German glassblower Reinhold Burger.

Can anyone trace their family tree back to Noah?

What did Jacques cartier learn from the native people in places you explored?

The Great Arch of Ctesiphon, the largest brick vault in the world, built by the Sassanian Persians in the 6th century
The Sassanid dynasty was founded by Ardacher I in AD 226, ruling Persia from the city of Ctesiphon, the capital of the Parthian Empire which he had defeated. Actually Ctesiphon began as a neighborhood of ancient Seleucia, the city founded by Seleucus I Nicator (one of Alexander the Greats diadochi)
NOTEBOOK. How did the painters of ancient Egypt work?
An international and interdisciplinary research program is studying a set of funerary chapels discovered in the necropolis of ancient Thebes, in Luxor, Egypt. Team leaders, Philippe Martinez and Philippe Walter publish their expedition diary on our site every day. 1st episode. Hot air balloon view
The Viking Age and the influence of the paradise of Islam
Viking Age silks discovered in Swedish cemeteries had Arabic calligraphy in their wefts. Fragment of woven ribbon from a grave in Birka (Sweden). What were previously thought to be typical Viking Age patterns turned out to be Kufic characters. While I was examining fragments of Viking period text
The Great Dam of Marib, one of the marvels of ancient engineering
Yemen is a relatively fertile country, the result of its location by the sea and its humid climate. It has valleys and mountains to the west, with heights exceeding 3,500 meters, but also desert plateaus to the east. Here is located the Rub al-Jali, considered the largest sand desert in the world.