What to do in oxfordshire: Uffington White Horse and White Horse Hill
Now living in Oxfordshire we’re keen to discover all the county has to offer, first up was a trip to the Uffington White Horse, a prehistoric hill…
Cholula
The entrance to the Great Pyramid is via a tunnel on the north side. Excavators from the Proyecto Cholula used mining techniques to dig tunnels into the…
Trier’s Golden Treasure The “Golden Treasure Of Trier” Is The Largest Ever Discovered Roman Gold Treasure
The largest Roman gold hoard ever discovered was the “Trier Gold Hoard.” The discovery, which included 2,500 gold pieces totaling 18.5 kg, was uncovered in 1993 during…
Farmer unearths bizarre 2,000-year-old skeleton of ‘laughing’ man with deformed skull and perfect teeth alongside hoard of ancient jewellery
Archaeologists believe the burial belongs to a leader of a Sarmatian nomadic tribe A RUSSIAN farmer has unearthed a bizarre 2,000-year-old skeleton of a “laughing” man with…
The Remains of the Convento do Carmo
One of the oldest structures in Lisbon, the Convento do Carmo was completely destroyed by the earthquake of 1755. Well… almost completely destroyed. The roof collapsed, but a handful…
Body of 6,500-year-old baby goes on show in world’s biggest mummy exhibition
More than 6,500 years ago in Peru, this tiny baby’s brief battle for life finally came to an end. The child, no more than 10 months old,…
The Strange Merman of Banff: Legendary Lake Monster or Just a Trading Post Treasure?
As a researcher of unusual historical phenomena, I investigate strange stories, but I had no intention of doing so in Alberta, Canada. Nevertheless, I came across something that…
Peruvian Mummy Taken to Children’s Hospital for Revealing X-rays
A 2,000-year-old mummy kept at Corpus Christi Museum of Natural History in Texas, has been transferred to Driscoll Children’s Hospital for X-rays. The museum is currently working…
Mummies Found in Chile Did Not Let Harsh Life Conditions Get Them Down
Despite apparent episodes of food shortage, disease, violence, and severe weather conditions, it seems that, at least for some people, life in Chile between 500-1500 years ago…
Loved to Death? Autopsy Reveals Shocking Cause of Death for Mummified Child
As reported in the journal Frontiers of Medicine, a team of German scientists from the Academic Clinic Munich-Bogenhausen used medical procedures and historical research to identify a 17th…