A McDonalds in Tamworth England has two mummies buried beneath the floor.
Continue reading “Egyptian Mummies buried beneath McDonalds Restaurant”
Archaeologists excavating an ancient necropolis at Shahr-i-Sokhta [“Burnt City”] in the Sistan desert have discovered that the first known prosthetic eye belonged to a Persian priestess 5000 years ago. Continue reading “The world’s first prosthetic eye”
9 September – On this day
One of the most significant losses Rome ever suffered occurred in the Teutoburg forest during the reign of Rome’s first emperor Augustus. Continue reading “AD 9 – Varian Disaster”
9 September – On this day
Lucius Domitius Aurelianus Augustus, better known as Aurelian was born. Born in humble circumstances Aurelian rose through the military to become emperor of Rome in 270. Continue reading “AD 214 – Aurelian is born”
Many historians will argue that the quality of Greek armour in comparison to that of the Persians is one of the reasons that the Greeks were able to defeat their enemy during the Persian Wars. The armour predominantly used by the Greeks during these wars was the linothorax. Continue reading “Greek Linothorax Armour”
The famous mask of Tutankhamun has suffered inadvertent damage since it was excavated by Howard carter in 1922 from misguided attempts to polish the gold and lapis. The most recent, and most significant damage Continue reading “Tutankhamun’s mask to be restored after damage”
Stonehenge researchers have discovered a much larger henge less than 3 kilometres from the famous monument. Continue reading “Super-henge discovered near Stone-henge”
September – On this day
Michelangelo’s statue David was unveiled in the Piazza della Signoria in Florence. Continue reading “1504 – Michelangelo’s David unveiled”
7 September – On this day
Prize-winning Bulgarian author and BBC broadcaster Georgi Markov, was stabbed in the back of the leg with an umbrella gun injecting a Ricin pellet while walking across the Waterloo bridge in London. Continue reading “1978 – Georgi Markov assassinated”
A new feature article, What equipment was needed to be a Hoplite in classical Greece?, is available under the features tab.
7 September – On this day
Before he became the emperor of Rome Vespasian had been appointed to subdue the Jewish rebellion against the emperor Nero and had begun campaigning in AD 66. Continue reading “AD 70 – Titus occupies and plunders Jerusalem”
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Herodotus describes a particularly interesting religious practice of the Getae where they would send a messenger chosen by lot to Zalmoxis every five years. Continue reading “The Getae sent messages to Zalmoxis”
Coastal and Intertidal Zone Archaeological Network (CITiZAN) is a community archaeology project Continue reading “Coastal and Intertidal Zone Archaeological Network looking for volunteers”
As some of you would be aware by now I have an interest in the use of technology in teaching, history and archaeology. In 2013 Wessex Archaeology was commissioned by English Heritage to revisit an 18th Century Dutch Shipwreck and update the survey. Continue reading “3D technology used to recreate elements of an 18th Century Dutch Shipwreck”
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