British History

Picture of the Week #788

Updated: 2023-12-31 23:10:27

The Great Fountain Garden, Hampton Court Palace. Photo May 2015. Continue reading

Smallest Neolithic pot of its kind found in China

Updated: 2023-12-31 09:54:08

Archaeologists excavating the Peiligang site in Xinzheng, Henan Province, eastern China, have discovered a Neolithic pot that is the smallest of its kind. This type of small-mouthed, pointed-bottom amphora-like vessel is one of the characteristic artifacts produced by the Neolithic Yangshao culture. Dating to around 7,700 years ago, this example also the earliest of its … Read the full post →"Smallest Neolithic pot of its kind found in China"

Last day of WWI frozen in ice cave

Updated: 2023-12-30 06:35:19

Objects left behind on the last day of World War and literally frozen in time in an underground cave shelter high in the Alps are now being explored by archaeologists. The artificially barracked cave was built by a small contingent of Austro-Hungarian troops in the summer of 1915. They had taken this vertiginous point on … Read the full post →"Last day of WWI frozen in ice cave"

Longsword and longer man found in medieval burial in Sweden

Updated: 2023-12-29 07:24:36

A medieval grave containing the remains of a man more than six feet tall with a sword more than four feet long has been discovered in the port city of Halmstad on Sweden’s west coast. The sword was placed at the man’s left side and was the only artifact in the grave. Osteological examination of … Read the full post →"Longsword and longer man found in medieval burial in Sweden"

Roman tomb found at Apollo “Lord of the Mice” sanctuary

Updated: 2023-12-28 05:01:00

A monumental tomb from the Roman era has been unearthed at the Apollon Smintheus Sanctuary in the village of Gülpınar, Çanakkale, western Turkey. The bones had been disturbed and were found mixed together, but so far the skeletal remains of more than 10 individuals, adults and children, were discovered in the tomb. These were likely … Read the full post →"Roman tomb found at Apollo “Lord of the Mice” sanctuary"

Vasa in dire need of support

Updated: 2023-12-27 07:26:13

The Swedish royal warship Vasa, meant to be the flagship of King Gustav II Adolf’s new powerful naval fleet, sank 400 from the dock in Stockholm bay on its maiden voyage in 1628. It was raised from the sea bed in 1961, preserved by the cold waters in eerily good condition. It was conserved for … Read the full post →"Vasa in dire need of support"