Amy Roberts, the Collections Officer at the Novium in Chichester, introduces the Bronze Age Racton Man who could have national importance via Bronze Age skeleton […]
Category: History
Vikings ‘were warned to avoid Scotland’
Scotland is full of dangerous natives who speak an incomprehensible language and the is weather awful. That was the verdict of a series of 13th […]
Sharing's Caring!
700-year-old coin found during Bannockburn dig – The Scotsman
A 700-YEAR-OLD English coin has been found near the abbey where the victorious Robert the Bruce took booty from the Battle of Bannockburn.The silver penny […]
Sharing's Caring!
Drone Images Reveal Buried Ancient Village in New Mexico | LiveScience
Thermal images captured by an small drone allowed archaeologists to peer under the surface of the New Mexican desert floor, revealing never-before-seen structures in an […]
Sharing's Caring!
These Viking artefacts and logboats have been found in Galway
ARCHAEOLOGISTS SURVEYING LOUGH Corrib in Galway have made what is being described as an “important” discovery of Viking artefacts and logboats. via These Viking artefacts […]
Sharing's Caring!
Jesus’ Wife Papyrus Fragment ‘Is Not Fake’
A faded papyrus fragment, known as the “Gospel of Jesus’ Wife” which the Vatican declares a fake, is most likely an ancient document and not […]
Sharing's Caring!
14,000 year old tools unearthed in South Lanarkshire are earliest evidence of humans in Scotland | Herald Scotland
The discovery follows a study of more than 5,000 flint artefacts recovered from fields at Howburn, near Biggar, from 2005 to 2009.Experts observed striking similarities […]
Sharing's Caring!
Spirit photography: Craig and George Falconer images of ghosts
While spirit photography, which claims to capture ghosts on film, dates back to the middle of the 19th century—William H. Mumler was tried in New […]
Sharing's Caring!
Pharaonic seal found in ancient coffin in Israel | Reuters
Reuters – Israeli archaeologists unveiled on Wednesday a 3,300-year-old coffin containing a signet ring bearing the name of an Egyptian pharaoh among the remains of […]
Sharing's Caring!
Is The Vatican Hiding Aliens? – Probably Not, But Hey – Make A TV Show About It Anyway..
“Unsealed: Alien Files,” which aired on the Science Channel, speculates that “new evidence may prove the Vatican is hiding actual aliens from the public.” Either […]
Sharing's Caring!
Forteania: Beast of Gevaudan
One of the first books I purchased from the paranormal field was Brad Steiger’s The Werewolf Book. Technically I purchased an earlier version, the amazon […]
Sharing's Caring!
Mummy scans reveal gruesome details – Yahoo News UK
Researchers at the British Museum made a gruesome discovery when a scan of an ancient mummy revealed a spatula had been left lodged in its […]
Sharing's Caring!
What Happened to the Mysterious Humans of the Sahara 7,000 Years Ago?
The Sahara in central Africa is the largest hot desert on Earth, its blistering sands practically lifeless. But just a few thousand years ago, it […]
Sharing's Caring!
The Secrets of the Nebra Sky Disc | Ancient Origins
The Nebra Sky Disc is a 3,600-year-old bronze disc which, according to UNESCO, features “the oldest concrete depiction of cosmic phenomena worldwide.” The disc is […]
Sharing's Caring!
Forteania: 19th Century Chupacabras
While thumbing through one of my paranormal books the other night, I came across a familiar story. A group of sheep farmers were upset because […]
Sharing's Caring!
Ten Ancient Stories and the Geological Events That May Have Inspired Them
Myths have fed the imaginations and souls of humans for thousands of years. The vast majority of these tales are just stories people have handed […]
Sharing's Caring!
The Alton Barnes Zebra: yes, very funny, but please don’t do it. | The Heritage Journal
This was done on April Fool’s day. It’s not that we don’t have a sense of humour, but wouldn’t it be better if public monuments […]
Sharing's Caring!
Satellites and sensors to halt crumbling of Italy’s Pompeii
The ruins of ancient Pompeii will be monitored by satellites and sensors under an agreement with Italian defence and technology group Finmeccanica to try to […]
Sharing's Caring!
Medieval Magic Tricks
”Let us begin then with a positive view of of medieval people, imagining them not as trembling in the face of a universe filled with […]
Sharing's Caring!
Archaeologist Tired Of Unearthing Unspeakable Ancient Evils
HASAKE, SYRIA—When archaeologist Edward Whitson joined a Penn State University dig in Hasake last year, he did so to participate in the excavation of a […]
Sharing's Caring!
1,600-Year-Old Goblet Shows that the Romans Used Nanotechnology.
The Lycurgus Cup, as it is known due to its depiction of a scene involving King Lycurgus of Thrace, is a 1,600-year-old jade green Roman […]
Sharing's Caring!
Mysterious face discovered on rock near St Andrews East Sands beach
A fossil hunter found himself caught between a rock and one very hard face after discovering this mysterious carving glowering out from a boulder that […]
Sharing's Caring!
Is the car park skeleton Richard III? Of course not. It’s a skeleton | Mike Pitts – Digging Deeper
As I said to the editor Rob Attar, hat’s off to BBC History magazine for its lead news story, “Was the skeleton in the car […]
Sharing's Caring!
A Brief History of the Salem Witch Trials
The Salem witch trials occurred in colonial Massachusetts between 1692 and 1693. More than 200 people were accused of practicing witchcraft—the Devil’s magic—and 20 were […]
Sharing's Caring!
42 Historical Objects, No. 23: the death mask of Oliver Cromwell. | www.seanmunger.com
This haunting face, cast in wax, is the visage of one of the greatest and most controversial men in British history. Oliver Cromwell, one of […]
