Shall we crack open the 350AD vintage? Historians debate whether to open ‘world’s oldest bottle of wine’
The world’s oldest unopened bottle of wine, known as the Speyer wine bottle or Römerwein aus Speyer, has been preserved at Germany’s Historical Museum of the Palatinate…
Triskelion (Triskele) Artifact from the Archaeological Museum of Olympia, Greece
Triskelion (Triskele) Artifact from the Archaeological Museum of Olympia, Greece: A triskelion or triskele (which invariably has rotational symmetry) is a motif consisting of three interlocked spirals,…
Safaga to Luxor:Tour of King Tut’s Tomb & the Valley of the Kings
Tomb of Ramesses VI Ramesses VI was buried in the Valley of the Kings, in a tomb now known as KV9. The ornate walls of the tomb…
An asbestos mask worn by an Italian flamethrower soldier in World War 1.
The P helmet, PH helmet and PHG helmet superseded the Hypo Helmet. The P Hood and the PH Hood looked identical, the later pattern was dipped in…
The Resurrection of Karnak: Auguste Mariette’s Monumental Legacy
In the sweltering heat of Egypt in 1865, a French Egyptologist named Auguste Mariette embarked on an ambitious mission that would cement his legacy as one of…
A 1,000-year-old helical stepwell with 8 entries is located in Walur Village, Selu Taluka, in the Parbhani District of Maharashtra, India.
Stepwells, or baoris, are ancient wells that were built in large numbers in various parts of India. They were particularly popular in arid regions where water was scarce….
A Frozen Enigma: Bamboo Cart Unearthed in Swiss Glacier
A Fascinating Discovery in the Alps On November 2, hiker Sergio Veri stumbled upon a mysterious bamboo cart emerging from the melting glacier of the Splügen Pᴀss…
Conservation of Resurrection of Antioch Mosaics in Turkey
In 2010, workers excavating the foundation of the Antakya Museum H๏τel in Türkiye discovered what has been called “the world’s largest mosaic,” a Roman Mosaic (4th Century…
Skull wearing a medieval chainmail from a mᴀss grave on the Island of Gotland, Sweden.
Skull wearing a medieval chainmail from a mᴀss grave on the Island of Gotland, Sweden. The Battle of Visby (1361) was a violent Medieval battle that took…
Interior of one of the thermopolia on Via dell’Abbondanza . The counters with recessed containers for food and drinks are covered in colored marble
Welcome to the Thermopolium of Vetutius Placidus in Pompeii … the ancient equivalent of today’s greasy fast food joints. Think of it as the go-to spot for…