An impressive re-creation of ancient Rome Life in 3D & VR Experience Restores 7,000 Roman Buildings Ever wish you could step into a H๏τ air balloon, travel back in time to 320 A.D., and soar over the streets of Ancient Rome? Well, that oddly specific fantasy is achievable in a new virtual reality experience called “Rome …

Drive-Thru History? McDonald’s Opens ‘Museum-Restaurant’ Above Ancient Roman Road When construction on the restaurant began in 2014, the presence of the lane, which had been hidden for decades, was first discovered. The €300,000 restoration project was funded by McDonald’s Italia, and the result is thought to be the world’s first restaurant museum,’ with guests being …

Viking ‘Drinking Hall’ Uncovered in Scotland There was likely no shortage of ale and good cheer at a recently unearthed Viking drinking hall, discovered by archaeologists on the island of Rousay, Orkney, in northern Scotland.  The hall wasn’t a short-lived establishment, either. Its doors seem to have been open from the 10th to the 12th …

New Zealand Airmen’s Remains Identified in Germany Stuff.co.nz reports that the remains of Sergeant Henry Pullar of the Royal New Zealand Airforce have been unearthed and identified in Germany. Pullar was a rear gunner on a British Short Stirling heavy bomber that was sH๏τ down in northwestern Germany in 1942.  The remains of Otautau man …

Skeletons of WWII-era nuns murdered by Soviets unearthed in Poland The remains of three Catholic nuns killed by the Nazis while they were trying to help the wounded Soviet soldiers at the end of the Second World War were found, as they cared for the wounded Soviets, to the last. The Red Army invaded Poland …

Ottoman-Era Bath and Byzantine Doorway Found in Greece According to a statement released by Greece’s Ministry of Culture and Sports, restoration work and surveys at the site of the medieval castle of Mytilene, which is located on the island of Lesbos, revealed a sixteenth-century A.D. The findings, which date from the 6th to 7th centuries …

Archaeologists Solve Mystery of 5,600-Year-Old Skull Found in Italian Cave A Stone Age woman’s skull took an unlikely trip after she died 5,600 years ago when mud and water washed it away from her gravesite and into the craggy rocks of a steep cave in what is now Italy, according to a recent analysis. When …

New technique reveals hidden detail in an ancient Etruscan painting Multi-illumination hyperspectral extraction (MHX) has been used to reveal previously unseen details in 2,500-year-old Etruscan tomb paintings, according to a Live Science report. For instance, they found new details in a painting from the “Tomb of the Monkey” and scenes of an underworld in another …

Hiker Accidentally Discovers 1,200-Year-Old Viking Sword in Norway After hiking across the plateau that covers the region between the west and east sides of Norway, Goran Olsen sat down to take a break. That’s when he spotted a rusty sword blade lying under some rocks on the well-travelled mountain path. Archaeologists have identified Olsen’s find …