Arctic shipwreck reveals new details of tragic 1845 expedition

Arctic shipwreck reveals new details of tragic 1845 expedition

An Arctic shipwreck ‘frozen in time’ is revealing new details of a tragic 1845 expedition Canada’s researchers published new photographs of a remarkably well-preserved shipwreck that shed new light on the ill-fated 1845 Arctic expedition in which John Franklin, the famed British explorer, died. According to Parks Canada, in collaboration with Inuit researchers, the wreck of HMS Terror was effectively […]

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3,800-year-old Tablet With World’s Oldest Customer Complaint Goes Viral: ‘What Do You Take Me For?’

3,800-year-old Tablet With World's Oldest Customer Complaint Goes Viral: 'What Do You Take Me For?'

3,800-year-old Tablet With World’s Oldest Customer Complaint Goes Viral: ‘What Do You Take Me For?’ People lived, worked and spent time with their families in ancient Mesopotamia just as we do today. They also had everyday problems, and some of the clay tablets found at the site of the ancient city of Ur, which today is Tell el-Muqayyar in southern Iraq, […]

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ENORMOUS ROMAN ARCADE FOUND IN ESSEX WAS ONCE PART OF A MAGNIFICENT TEMPLE: THE 400FT-LONG ARCHED STRUCTURE IS THE LARGEST OF ITS KIND FOUND IN THE UK

ENORMOUS ROMAN ARCADE FOUND IN ESSEX WAS ONCE PART OF A MAGNIFICENT TEMPLE: THE 400FT-LONG ARCHED STRUCTURE IS THE LARGEST OF ITS KIND FOUND IN THE UK

Roman arcade found in England, the oldest building in the country Although arcades aren’t around much anymore, they were once a major part of a child’s weekend. Arcades allowed friends to hang out and play endless games for hours to come. Since the ancient Romans, arcades have been around. British archaeologists have recently discovered a Roman arcade in Colchester, Essex, under […]

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1200 YEARS OLD ANCIENT HINDU TEMPLE CARVED ENTIRELY FROM A SINGLE ROCK

1200 YEARS OLD ANCIENT HINDU TEMPLE CARVED ENTIRELY FROM A SINGLE ROCK

Kailasa Temple, The Massive Temple Was Chiseled By Hand For More Than 20 Years Kailasa Temple is the world’s biggest monolithic piece of art in Ellora, Maharashtra, India. The gigantic structure was carved from a single solid stone by master craftspeople on a mountainside of a cave. More than two decades were needed to carve the entire building. There are […]

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WW II: Meet Lepa Radić, The Badass 17-year-Old Girl That Died Fighting Nazis

WW II: Meet Lepa Radić, The Badass 17-year-Old Girl That Died Fighting Nazis

WW II: Meet Lepa Radić, The Badass 17-year-Old Girl That Died Fighting Nazis The Balkan states of Southeastern and Central Europe were conquered and unwilling subjects of foreign powers for six hundred years. First the Ottoman, and the Austro-Hungarian Empires. The dream of a single state for ethnic Serbs, Croats and Slovenes had been around for some two hundred years at […]

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