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Ancient Web: Gernot Katzer's Spice Pages Index 10,000 Spice Names in Dozens of Languages

Gernot Katzer's Spice Pages document 117 spice plants with culinary use, history, chemistry, etymology, photographs, geography, botany, and more than 10,000 names across dozens of languages.

Ancient Web: Stone Age Skills Tested 370 Hand-Drill Fire Combinations

Stone Age Skills documents a hands-on friction-fire experiment comparing dozens of spindle woods, four hearthboard materials, wood density, green and dead growth, and 370 possible hand-drill combinations without using metal tools.