Ancient Well With Stone Stairs Unearthed in Scotland
Ancient Well With Stone Stairs Unearthed in Scotland An ancient well at the top of one of Scotland’s most iconic mountain peaks has been unearthed for the first time in hundreds of years. Archaeologists from Aberdeen University’s Northern Picts projects made the incredible discovery this week at the Mither Tap, one of the summits of …
British-French Interconector Brings Crashed WW2 Plane Back to Light
Lost WW2 Aircraft lifted from the sea after more than 75 years Specialist divers and archeologists finished an operation this week to recover the wreckage of a 1943 Fairey Barracuda Torpedo Bomber (thought to be No. BV739) – just in time for D-Day’s 75th anniversary. The three-seater plane, part of 810 Squadron Royal Navy Air …
Possible Viking Vessel Identified in Canada
Possible Viking Vessel Identified in Canada The ancient site, called Nanook, was first discovered in the 1960s by Dr. Moreau Maxwell of Michigan State University. Dr. Maxwell identified it as a Dorset Paleo-Eskimo site although he noted anomalies in the architectural remains, and obtained a series of radiocarbon dates ranging from 754 BC to 1367 …
How The Black Death (Sort Of) Killed A Viking Colony And Transformed Europe
How The Black Death (Sort Of) Killed A Viking Colony And Transformed Europe Throughout much of the European Middle Ages, the Norse were compulsive travelers. These groups of people (who we often call “Vikings”) traded, raided and pillaged throughout Europe, settled in Constantinople and fought with and against the Byzantines, encountered Arab traders from Baghdad in modern Russia, and …
7 ᴅᴇᴀᴅ, 21 missing after South Korean tour boat in Budapest sinks in seconds
Billionaire-Owned Viking Cruises Involved In Collision, Leaving 7 ᴅᴇᴀᴅ And 21 Missing One of Viking’s river cruise ships was involved in a fatal collision on Wednesday night as it was traveling through Budapest on the Danube River, leaving at least seven ᴅᴇᴀᴅ. The Viking Sigyn, a 95-room river cruise ship, collided with a smaller sightseeing …
The horrendous Viking torture that is the Blood Eagle
Blood Eagle: The Viking Torture Method So Grisly Some Historians Don’t Believe It Actually Happened The Vikings didn’t come into towns walking on moonbeams and rainbows. If their sagas are to be believed, the Vikings cruelly tortured their enemies in the name of their god Odin as they conquered territory. If the suggestion of a blood eagle …
Was Fertility a Factor in the Demise of Neanderthals?
Was Fertility a Factor in the Demise of Neanderthals? Neanderthals could have gone extinct due to a slight drop in their fertility rates, a new study finds. The last of the Neanderthals, the closest extinct relatives of modern humans, disappeared from Europe about 40,000 years ago. Previous research estimated that at its peak, the entire Neanderthal population …
Plans for tennis court to be dug up to search for remains of Saxon King.
Plans for a tennis court to be dug up to search for remains of Saxon King. Saint Edmund is believed to have been killed by the Vikings in the 9th century after refusing to denounce his Christianity. His remains were kept in a shrine in Bury St Edmunds but were later lost during Henry VIII’s …
The Sinister Roman Cavalry Helmet of the Ribchester Hoard
The Ribchester Helmet – An Ancient Roman artifact discovered by a 13-year-old boy while playing behind the house Archeologists have uncovered some extraordinary artifacts over the past centuries that give us a glimpse of human history and help us to understand the many secrets of the ancient world. Over the years there have been numerous …
1,000-year-old Viking toilet uncovered in Denmark
1,000-year-old Viking toilet uncovered in Denmark Did you ever wonder where the Vikings went for Toilet? Or perhaps you didn’t really think about it. We don’t always think about how it used to be with the world’s luxury today, especially a thousand years ago. A 1000-year-old toilet dating back to the Viking age was found …