Published on May 26th, 2009 | by Sevaan Franks
Archaeologists have discovered a Bronze Age road by the shore in Swansea, South Wales. The track was woven from narrow branches of oak and alder.It was covered in a thin layer of brushwood to provide a ... Read More →
Published on May 25th, 2009 | by Sevaan Franks
Weburbanist has compiled an article about the history of beer cans, with some great photos of vintage packaging, including the first commercially produced beer in a can (pictured above). American Can Co. began experimenting with canned ... Read More →
Published on May 25th, 2009 | by Sevaan Franks
Archaeologists have found an ancient sewn ship in Pag’s Caska Bay, Croatia. At the bottom of the bay there is the sunken Roman town named “Kissa” (Cissa), whose remains are being researched, and the discovery of ... Read More →
Published on May 25th, 2009 | by Sevaan Franks
A new study suggests that medieval fishermen first took to the open seas in about AD 1,000 due to a sharp decline in large freshwater fish. Dr Barrett observed: “At the end of the first millennium ... Read More →
Published on May 25th, 2009 | by Sevaan Franks
A new biography of Jane Austen claims a Dr. Samuel Blackall is the mystery suitor who broke the her heart and sparked a rift with her sister. According to Dr Andrew Norman, Dr Blackall’s letters to ... Read More →
Published on May 25th, 2009 | by Sevaan Franks
A treasure trove of WWI photographs was discovered recently in France, showing British soldiers on their way to the Somme, and most likely on their way to their deaths. A local French photographer, almost certainly an ... Read More →
Published on May 25th, 2009 | by Sevaan Franks
The Maya believed that caves were the entrances to Xibalba. Archaeologists have been surveying the many openings to the underworld where they are finding ancient offerings to the gods, from broken pottery to human remains. In the ... Read More →
Published on May 25th, 2009 | by Sevaan Franks
Ancient pottery fragments dating back to approximately 1,500 years ago have been found at a construction site in Pune, India. Pandurang Balkawade, who has been studying Pune’s history for 28 years, said the mound of sand ... Read More →
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