A rare 14th Century Bishop’s seal discovered by a metal detecting enthusiast in the Isle of Man, has been declared Treasure Trove at an inquest.The […]
Category: History
Siberian Mummies in Copper Masks Pose Mystery : Discovery News
Russian archaeologists have resumed excavations in a remote site near the Arctic Circle in the attempt to understand a perplexing find of medieval mummies clad […]
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Ghostly tales from the old prison in the Isle of Man
Victoria Road Prison in the Isle of Man opened in 1891 and has been housing criminals for over a century.Inevitably this old, red brick Victorian […]
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Anglesey: Mysterious artefact discovered at Neolithic tomb – Daily Post
The discovery of a mysterious copper artefact at a Neolithic tomb on Anglesey could help to answer one of archaeology’s burning questions.Dr George Nash, who […]
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Are these classified FBI files proof ADOLF HITLER escaped by SUBMARINE to Argentina?
ADOLF Hitler escaped by submarine to ARGENTINA where he lived in a heavily guarded ranch at the end of the Second World War suffering from […]
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Edwardian mugshots show the ‘ASBOs’ of the 1800s who were banned from buying booze | Weird | News | Daily Express
An Edwardian-era book of police mugshots has been released depicting dozens of Dundee citizens who were banned from ale houses under the Inebriates Act of […]
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Secrets of graveyard two centuries on from executions
A PENNINE hillside was the backdrop for an archaeological dig which witnessed the exhumation of human remains in an attempt to solve a mystery dating […]
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Sweet Dreams and Nightmares > Vintage Wings of Canada
Over the years, I periodically and repeatedly came across two entirely different series of photographs, taken 45 years apart. The first group was taken in […]
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World War One At Home, Albion Works, Sheffield: Lizzie The Working Elephant
From 1916, an elephant called Lizzie was employed to haul heavy loads of steel and machinery through the streets of Sheffield. She worked for scrap […]
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Leicester dig reveals 2,000-year-old dog’s paw prints in Roman tiles
Archaeologists in Leicester have unveiled the paw prints of a dog left on Roman tiles 2,000 years ago. The discovery was made at Blackfriars – […]
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Feet of Iron Age burial woman were chopped off to prevent her coming back from the dead
Zombies might be something you associate with modern popular culture.But for our ancestors in the Iron Age, it appears they too were fearful of ‘the […]
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The Titanic and the Indifferent Stranger – Dr Paul Lee (Preview)
As the Titanic lay mortally wounded, the passenger’s and crew’s hopes for rescue were buoyed by a mysterious ship that lay just a few miles […]
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Captain Smith of the RMS Titanic Seen After His Death: 1912
Baltimore, Md., July 20. The statement that Captain E. J. Smith, commander of the ill-fated Titanic, was not drowned in the disaster, but was seen […]
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The UnMuseum – Myth of the Titanic Mummy
Among the stories surrounding the sinking of the luxury liner Titanic in 1912 was a tale about an unlucky mummy whose curse was as responsible […]
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Titanic and White Star Line ships: Author Gill Hoffs talks about her book on the sinking of RMS Tayleur – Liverpool Echo
The terrible loss of more than 1,500 souls on board RMS Titanic is one of history’s greatest tragedies – films have been made about it, […]
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Suffolk Bronze Age axe and ring hoard ‘undervalued’
A man who found a Bronze Age axe and four gold rings in Suffolk is disappointed with their £550 valuation.Steven Walker discovered them in a […]
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Legends of human fish and archaeological findings.
The most primeval reference to a human figure with fish’s tail dates far back into 5000 BC. Latest archaeological findings reveal that there was a […]
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Hoard Hunters looking for treasure in Vinkovci region
Members of Britain’s group of amateur archeologists – Hoard Hunters – have been staying in the eastern Croatian region of Vinkovci for the past five […]
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Treasure of El Carambolo reignites row in Seville
Three pieces of ancient golden jewellery, part of the Treasure of El Carambolo, are due to travel from Seville to the Metropolitan Museum of Art […]
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Naughty money: clippers and coiners in 16th-century England.
Four and a half centuries ago, Elizabeth I made the reform of currency one of her government’s top priorities. Invested as queen in 1558, she […]
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Tambora eruption caused the year without a summer: Cholera, opium, famine, and Arctic exploration.
Most have heard of the Battle of Waterloo, but who has heard of the volcano called Tambora? No school textbook I’ve seen mentions that only […]
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The Laughing Owl
Once the maniacal laugh like call of this bird rang through the night forests, then in just 40 years this call was heard no more.However, […]
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Metal detecting: the treasure principle
Drenched. Deflated. All words Gus Patterson and Derek McLennan might use to describe themselves at 3pm on December 19, 2013. The rain was lashing down, […]
