<Historical texts indicate that after his death in 1135, King Henry I was interred in front of the high altar of Reading Abbey (shown here). Photo Credit: Neil Thompson, Flickr Nearly four years after the body of King Richard III was discovered under a parking lot, a new search is on for an English monarch […]
<The bronze mask of Pan discovered near Hippos is unusually large compared to other such bronze masks of the Greek God that date from the same period. Photo Credit: Dr. Michael Eisenberg/University of Haifa Archaeologists in northern Israel may have recently unearthed a sanctuary of the Greek god Pan in the ancient city of Hippos. So […]
What is it? Sword Culture Viking Date First half of the 11th century A.D. Material Iron, silver, gold, silver thread, copper alloy thread Found Langeid, Setesdal Valley, southern Norway Dimensions 3.08 feet long At first the grave’s contents seemed poorer than might be expected, given that it was the largest excavated burial in the Langeid […]
The lead object was the first of its kind found in the Eastern Mediterranean region. A nondescript cave in Israel was the location of a major discovery recently: a lead and wood artifact believed to be the earliest example of smelted lead in the Eastern Mediterranean region. The object, which looks like a wand or […]
A skull bone of the Buddha was found inside this gold casket, which was stored in a silver casket within the stupa model, found in a crypt beneath a Buddhist temple. Credit: Photo courtesy of Chinese Cultural Relics Archaeologists have discovered what may be a skull bone from the revered Buddha, Siddhartha Gautama. The bone […]
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