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Rare display of Shroud of Turin scheduled

Thu, 12 Jun 2008 17:52:40 -0400

The Turin Shroud will be displayed in public for the first time in ten years, coinciding with a new series of scientific tests. The Shroud has only been displayed five times in the past century.

Leaning Tower of Pisa extends warranty for another 300 years

Fri, 6 Jun 2008 15:29:50 -0400

Engineers studying Pisa's famous Leaning Tower feel that the structure has been saved for another 300 years thanks to a UK£20 million restoration project.

Nero's gate discovered in Cologne

Fri, 2 May 2008 13:43:01 -0400

Constructions workers at the site of Cologne, Germany's new metro line have discovered a Roman gate believed to have been built by the Emperor Nero and dating from the 1st century C.E.

Will Lindisfarne Gospels return north?

Sat, 15 Mar 2008 18:01:02 -0400

The flack over the return of cultural treasures to their native lands has started again, this time over the Lindisfarne Gospels, the priceless 8th century manuscripts currently residing in the British library in London.

Remains of Sir Hugh Despenser the Younger identified at Hulton Abbey

Wed, 12 Mar 2008 12:02:28 -0400

Archaeologists believe that they have identified mutilated remains found at Hulton Abbey as those of Sir Hugh Despenser the Younger, reputed to have been the lover of Edward II. The remains were first discovered in the 1970s.

Shroud of Turin to be retested

Thu, 6 Mar 2008 10:56:36 -0500

Professor Christopher Ramsey, the director of the Oxford University Radiocarbon Accelerator Unit, is hoping to run new tests on the Shroud of Turin. He believes that tests run in 1988 to date the relic may have been contaminated.

Domesday Book online

Mon, 25 Feb 2008 12:05:35 -0500

For the first time, those wishing to do research on medieval England online will have access to one of the best resources, William the Conqueror's Domesday Book.

"Domus del Chirurgo" sheds light on Roman medicine

Mon, 17 Dec 2007 11:33:07 -0500

For the past 17 years, archaeologists have worked at the site of the Domus del Chirurgo, the House of the Surgeon, the home of a 2nd century Roman doctor in Rimini, Italy. Among the discoveries: "the largest find of surgical instruments anywhere."

Roman feast gear found in London well

Sat, 15 Dec 2007 18:19:04 -0500

A 4th century banqueting set which once belonged to a rich Roman family was discovered recently in a well during excavation in London. The set included 19 metal vessels. (photos)

Mary Rose besieged by bacteria

Sun, 2 Sep 2007 18:24:32 -0400

The Mary Rose, flagship to King Henry VIII, is facing a much more devious enemy than French warships: bacteria which produce a corrosive acid.

British historians hope to crack down on "nighthawking"

Wed, 1 Aug 2007 10:10:45 -0400

English Heritage and the British Museum are pushing for legislation to curtail the illegal use of metal detectors to discover and remove artifacts from private sites.

Russians can't get enough English history

Mon, 18 Jun 2007 10:29:53 -0400

According to author Adrian Blomfield, "Anglo-Russian relations may be in worse shape than at any time since the Cold War, but that has failed to dent the enthusiasm of thousands of young Russians who spend their weekends recreating British historical battles."

Mona Lisa revealed?

Fri, 25 May 2007 20:18:24 -0400

The discovery of some archival documents may have solved the mystery of the identity of Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa. The woman may have had humble origins and lived a few hundred feet from the Ponte Vecchio.

You are there: Eyewitness at Sutton Hoo

Sun, 6 May 2007 13:12:35 -0400

In an article published by The Telegraph, John Preston relates the story of how his archaeologist aunt unearthed the Anglo Saxon gold at Sutton Hoo in the 1930s.

Study claims "dead languages" detrimental to modern language learning

Sat, 7 Apr 2007 11:24:13 -0400

A recent "secret report" by the Dearing Languages Review in Great Britain warns that the study of ancient languages may be detrimental to the study of modern languages because they "contribute nothing to 'intercultural understanding'."