Codebreakers Crack Secrets of Lost Mary Queen of Scots Letters 430 Years After She Wrote them in Captivity
They show the challenges Mary faced maintaining links with the outside world, as well as the brilliance of her correspondence network.
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Man Finally Meets Family That Hid Him During Nazi Holocaust 80 Years Ago-And Visits the House
The meeting was organized in the same house where a 5-year-old David Rossler was hidden along with his mother in 1944.
Metal Detectorist Unearths Pristine Gold Pendant Linked to Henry VIII-With Initials of Katherine of Aragon
What it was doing buried in a field in Warwickshire, and what its connection was to the King, are questions that as of now have no answer.
Couple Stunned to Find Childhood Letter in Attic Written by King Charles to His 'Granny' the Queen Mother in 1955
On the back of the letter, a 6-year-old Prince Charles signed it with "lots of love from Charles," alongside colorful doodles and 14 kisses.
Earliest Evidence of Ancestors Using Tools Up to Three Million Years Ago Unearthed in Kenya
The earliest evidence of human ancestors using tools up to three million years ago-before the harnessing of fire-has been unearthed in Kenya.
'Princely' Tomb of a Hunnic Warrior and his Horse Unearthed in Romania
The warrior was buried with a bronze cauldron—supporting evidence for the practice of using cauldrons to elongate the backs of their skulls.
'Sensational' Runestone Discovered in Norway With Mysterious Inscription-May Be World's Oldest
A runestone was discovered in Norway recently that jumps back the origin date of runic writing by hundreds of years to a time before the fall of Rome. Based on carbon-dated organic remains, the reddish-brown sandstone block may have been carved as far back as 250 to 1 CE-making it the oldest ever found. Most […]
Rare 170-Year-Old Cree Jacket Turns Up at Vintage Shop in UK-and They Want to Reunite It With Its Community
The brown fringe jacket arrived at the Glass Onion vintage warehouse in Barnsley, South Yorkshire arriving on a clothing pallet from the US.
'Brave Bessie' Gets Her Likeness on New Barbie as Mattel Honors the First Black Female Pilot
Bessie Coleman, a brave young Black pilot in the 1920s-who even walked on the wings of airplanes-was honored by new Barbie doll.
Labeled a Replica by Chicago Museum, It Turns Out to Be 3,000-Year-Old Warrior's Sword
Found at the bottom of the Danube, it may have been thrown in as part of an ancient ritual 3,000 years ago to commemorate a battle.
Ancient Cave Markings Finally Decoded By Amateur Scientist-A Calendar of When Animals Mated 20,000 Years Ago
An amateur scientist has decoded the meaning of cave markings used in Ice Age drawings-notations that recorded birth and mating of species.
Internet Sleuth Proves That 5 Historical Torture Devices Were Never Used - But Invented By Con Artists
The torture devices they did use weren't really devices at all, and they were more for executions than for torture.
Japanese Archaeologists Find Beautiful Bronze Mirror Buried With a 7-Foot-Long Sword
The Japanese penchant for wielding large curved swords goes back much further in time than previously thought, perhaps to before the 400s.
Astonishingly Wealthy Pompeii Home of Two Men Freed from Slavery Reopens to Public
Buried by Vesuvius in 79 CE, the House of the Vettii "tells the story of Roman society," with elegant frescoes flaunting the men's wealth.
Thousand-Year-Old Viking Hall Fit for the Gods Unearthed By Archaeologists in Denmark
Archaeologists working in Denmark's Jutland peninsula have discovered the foundation and remains of a great hall from the high Viking Age. Structural features and remains date to between the late-9th to 11th century, but mostly from the era of Denmark's king Harald Blåtand Gormsson, known colloquially as Harald "Bluetooth" from which the modern technology derives […]
Marine Archaeologists Recover Nearly 300 Artifacts from Finest Preserved Wooden Shipwreck
HMS Terror is so well-preserved some believe she could still sail today, while the relics from Erebus total more than 300.
Secret to Durability of Roman Concrete that Has Stood Test of Time for Over 2,000 Years Finally Discovered
The team mixed their own Roman concrete and it took only 2 weeks for a deliberately inflicted crack to close.
Astounding Fossil Discovery in California After Man Looks Closely at Petrified Tree And Finds Bones of Great Beasts
The remains of a petrified forest, an intact mastodon skull, and more were found on the banks of the Mokelumne River watershed in California.
'Once-in-a generation' Fossil Discovery Reveals New Species in 16-Million-Year-old Amber
A tardigrade fossil has been discovered in a once in a lifetime find. It shows a new species in 16-million-year-old amber.
Exquisitely Preserved Embryo Found Inside Fossilized Dinosaur Egg
A 72 to 66-million-year-old embryo found inside a fossilized dinosaur egg sheds new light on the link between bird and dinosaur behavior.
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