America’s First Supermodel Died Alone in a Mental Asylum After 65 years You may never have heard of Audrey Munson, but you’ve probably seen her face if you’ve spent any time in New York. Its similarity can be seen across the city, from Adolph Weinman’s golden figure on top of the Manhattan Municipal Building to the New York Public Library’s […]
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London Excavations Reveal Medieval Theater Complex: A new excavation at a Shakespearean playhouse in Shoreditch has revealed that it was turned into a sprawling complex for theatre goers by 16th-century actor and impresario James Burbage. The Theatre, not to be confused with the nearby Curtain play house, was built in 1576, and its remains were only found in 2008. It […]
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Metal detectorist discovers a huge Roman villa An enormous Roman villa has been found beneath a field in Oxfordshire packed with trophies, including coins and boar tusks alongside a sarcophagus containing the skeletal remains of an unnamed woman. Amateur detectorist and historian Keith Westcott discovered the ancient remains beneath a crop in a field near Broughton Castle near Banbury. A […]
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Meet “Stuckie” — The Mummified Dog Who Has Been Stuck In A Tree For Over 50 Years Stuckie, as the dog is affectionately known now, still stuck in his tree more than 50 years later. Loggers expect to come across some things when they cut down trees. Bird’s nests and things stuck in the branches seem like a given – […]
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Scientists have found that the tomb of Jesus Christ is far older than people thought Scientific studies indicate that a tomb that, according to legend, held Jesus Christ’s body dates back nearly 1,700 years. It is unknown whether the tomb ever really kept Jesus ‘ body. The limestone bed dates back to nearly 300 years after Jesus ‘ death. In […]
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Harrogate Hoard is Britain’s largest and most important Viking hoard discovered since 1840. Harrogate Hoard is Britain’s largest and most important Viking hoard discovered since 1840. Enthusiastic metal detector David Whelan and his son Andrew found the Harrogate Hoard in a newly laid field near Harrogate, Yorkshire, England. Having been on this field in the past, they expected to find […]
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Archaeologist discovered One of the earliest images of Jesus’ unearthed in an Egyptian tomb A group of Catalan archaeologists believes it has unearthed one of the earliest images of Jesus Christ buried deep in an ancient Egyptian tomb. Specialists at the University of Barcelona discovered an underground structure in the ancient Egyptian city of Oxyrhynchu which may have acted as a resting place for a number […]
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Archaeologist Recently Discovered Oldest handwritten documents in UK Excavated in London dig Tertius the Brewer, Junius the Cooper and Julius Classicus – the up-and-coming military commander who would turn traitor against Rome a decade later – have sprung back to life from the first decade of Roman London, their names – along with the first reference to London itself – […]
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82 Years Ago, A Deadly Day On The Golden Gate, San Francisco The Golden Gate Bridge opened to the public 82 years ago. People first went through the bridge, marveling at what was then the world’s largest suspension bridge. Before the project began, many people thought to build the bridge was impossible. And when the construction started, most thought that […]
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A Farmer’s Misplaced Hammer Led to the Largest Roman Treasure in Britain On November 16, 1992, when Eric Lawes set off for a field in the village of Hoxne, Suffolk, he was not on a treasure hunt. The metal detector he had received as a gift for retirement was intended to find a hammer lost on the farmland. But a […]
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