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Venice exhibit focusses on contributions of "barbarians"

Sat, 15 Mar 2008 08:51:44 -0400

A new exhibit at Venice's Palazzo Grassi endeavors to disprove the reputation of the "barbaric tribes" during Europe's Dark Ages. Rome and the Barbarians: Birth of a New World will be at the Palazzo Grassi until July 20, 2008.

Party like it's 1575!

Fri, 4 Jan 2008 21:39:18 -0500

More than 400 years ago, Robert Dudley, the Earl of Leicester, threw the party of parties, a three-week long bash at Kenilworth Castle for Elizabeth I.

Venetian isolation hospital gives up secrets

Thu, 5 Jul 2007 19:04:43 -0400

Archaeologists are excited over the revelations discovered during the excavation of graves on Lazzaretto, an island in the lagoon of Venice where the city's sick were isolated. The intensive study has led to incredible discoveries involving disease, diet and genetics.

2,700-Year-Old Fabric Found in Greece

Sun, 20 May 2007 10:33:53 -0400

Archaeologists in Greece have discovered a rare 2,700-year-old piece of fabric inside a copper urn from a burial they speculated imitated the elaborate cremation of soldiers described in Homer's "Iliad."

History's greatest banquets

Sat, 3 Mar 2007 12:10:23 -0500

Ed Caesar of the Independent celebrates the arts of cookery and gluttony by reviewing history's top ten greatest banquets.

"Art detective" searches for lost Da Vinci painting

Mon, 26 Feb 2007 18:20:55 -0500

Self-professed "art detective" Maurizio Seracini, an expert on Leonard da Vinci's lost painting The Battle of Anghiari, has been given funds to continue his 30-year quest for the painting.

Burial Site Discovery Pushes Back Date of Christianity in Britain

Wed, 6 Dec 2006 20:05:23 -0500

A Christian grave discovered near St-Martin-in-the-Fields Church, London, indicates that Christianity may have come to Albion much earlier than previously supposed.

Round Table Building Discovered at Windsor Castle

Wed, 30 Aug 2006 18:40:05 -0400

Channel 4's Time Team may have discovered evidence of the existence of the original round table at Windsor Castle. The team has found some evidence of a round structure built by Edward III constructed to house the table and the original 300 Knights of the Garter.

Atenveldt parents invite SCA family to remembrance of Timothy Austin Eager

Thu, 18 May 2006 20:25:50 -0400

Frank and Marcia Eager (Duke Aaron Graves and Duchess Alisandra Gabriella), of Atenveldt, have requested us to invite their SCA family to join them Saturday to say farewell to their infant son, Timothy, who passed away May 16.

Re-discovery of Classical Writings - Second Renaissance

Tue, 19 Apr 2005 12:04:15 -0400

Oxford scholars are using high-tech satelite technology to read the once hidden words on the hoard of manuscripts known as the Oxyrhynchus Papyri. In the last few days, works by Sophocles, Euripides, Hesiod and other classical greats have been deciphered, and it is believed early Christian texts are also amongst the works.

Alnwick Castle's Poison Garden

Sat, 12 Mar 2005 09:20:00 -0500

The Duchess of Northumberland has a black thumb, at least when it comes to her celebrated poison garden.

Archaeologists Hope to Uncover History of Cologne

Thu, 3 Mar 2005 16:01:29 -0500

A massive archaeological dig has begun in the German city of Cologne, where researchers hope to sift through 100,000 cubic meters of soil in search of the city's past.

Leonardo da Vinci's Walled-Up Workshop Found

Fri, 14 Jan 2005 12:06:20 -0500

A laboratory once used by Leonardo da Vinci for his research into the natural sciences, but later sealed off by adjacent construction, has been found at a monastery next to the Basilica of the Santissima Annunziata, in Florence, Italy.

Wirral May be Site of Historic 10th Century Battle

Mon, 20 Dec 2004 23:25:22 -0500

The Battle of Brunanburh, fought in 937 c.e., saw the defeat of the Vikings by the Anglo-Saxons. Now researchers believe they can place the epic battle at Wirral in England.

Anglo-Spanish Ties in Tudor Period - New Shipwreck Provides Clues

Thu, 25 Nov 2004 10:26:52 -0500

An Elizabethan trading ship, recently found in the Thames estuary may have been headed on a secret trading mission to Spain.