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The Viking-Age Govan Stones
From bbc: Govan is well-known as an industrial powerhouse which, over the past 150 years, has built an incredible number of the world’s largest ships. However the town, now part of the city of Glasgow,...
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1,500-year old plague victims discovered in Florence
A centuries-old burial pit packed with the bodies of probable plague victims has been discovered by chance near the Uffizi Galleries in Florence. Workers who were digging the foundations for a new lift...
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Aerofilms: A History of Britain from Above
Originally posted on Heritage Calling:Have you seen an air photograph of where you live? Perhaps you’ve got used to the view by using a website like Google Earth. These days it’s easy to get an...
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Black Death victims unearthed in London
Source. Skeletons unearthed during excavations for London’s Crossrail project are those of Black Death victims who were buried during the 14th and 15th Century pandemics, DNA analysis has revealed. The...
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The Vandals: victims of a bad press?
Originally posted on British Museum blog:Barry Ager, curator, British Museum Copper 42 nummi coin showing a Vandal warrior. Although it does not carry a king’s name, it is possible that this coin was...
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Decoding Anglo-Saxon art
Originally posted on British Museum blog:Rosie Weetch, curator and Craig Williams, illustrator, British Museum One of the most enjoyable things about working with the British Museum’s Anglo-Saxon...
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Bored medieval boy
This 15th-century doodle is found in the lower margin of a manuscript containing Juvenal’s Satires. This classical text was a popular device to teach young students – kids – morals. The medieval...
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Catacomb saints in all of their splendour
From DM: A relic hunter dubbed ‘Indiana Bones’ has lifted the lid on a macabre collection of 400-year-old jewel-encrusted skeletons unearthed in churches across Europe. Art historian Paul Koudounaris...
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DNA reveals a complex patchwork of prehistoric migrations
From bbc: DNA from ancient skeletons has revealed how a complex patchwork of prehistoric migrations fashioned the modern European gene pool. The study appears to refute the picture of Europeans as a...
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Treasure hunting in Bulgaria
Real-life vampires, giant rock vaginas, ancient sites to rival those of Greece and Rome – Bulgaria’s archaeologists are putting their country on the map of world history, but first they have to stop...
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The Viking-Age Govan Stones
From bbc: Govan is well-known as an industrial powerhouse which, over the past 150 years, has built an incredible number of the world’s largest ships. However the town, now part of the city of Glasgow,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
1,500-year old plague victims discovered in Florence
A centuries-old burial pit packed with the bodies of probable plague victims has been discovered by chance near the Uffizi Galleries in Florence. Workers who were digging the foundations for a new lift...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Aerofilms: A History of Britain from Above
Originally posted on Heritage Calling:Have you seen an air photograph of where you live? Perhaps you’ve got used to the view by using a website like Google Earth. These days it’s easy to get an...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Black Death victims unearthed in London
Source. Skeletons unearthed during excavations for London’s Crossrail project are those of Black Death victims who were buried during the 14th and 15th Century pandemics, DNA analysis has revealed. The...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Vandals: victims of a bad press?
Originally posted on British Museum blog:Barry Ager, curator, British Museum Copper 42 nummi coin showing a Vandal warrior. Although it does not carry a king’s name, it is possible that this coin was...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Decoding Anglo-Saxon art
Originally posted on British Museum blog:Rosie Weetch, curator and Craig Williams, illustrator, British Museum One of the most enjoyable things about working with the British Museum’s Anglo-Saxon...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Bored medieval boy
This 15th-century doodle is found in the lower margin of a manuscript containing Juvenal’s Satires. This classical text was a popular device to teach young students – kids – morals. The medieval...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Catacomb saints in all of their splendour
From DM: A relic hunter dubbed ‘Indiana Bones’ has lifted the lid on a macabre collection of 400-year-old jewel-encrusted skeletons unearthed in churches across Europe. Art historian Paul Koudounaris...
View ArticleClik here to view.
DNA reveals a complex patchwork of prehistoric migrations
From bbc: DNA from ancient skeletons has revealed how a complex patchwork of prehistoric migrations fashioned the modern European gene pool. The study appears to refute the picture of Europeans as a...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Treasure hunting in Bulgaria
Real-life vampires, giant rock vaginas, ancient sites to rival those of Greece and Rome – Bulgaria’s archaeologists are putting their country on the map of world history, but first they have to stop...
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