DESIGNIn 1184, dozens of nobles attending a meeting with King Henry VI drowned in a cesspool after the floor above a large monastery bathroom collapsed. Learn more about the historical toilet accident in this article.
While no burial artifacts were found within the mausoleum discovered in Central London, the nearby vicinity revealed over 80 Roman burials with various artifacts. Check them out in this article.
Researchers from Flinders University suggest that the cave paintings portray ships originating from the Maluku Islands, potentially warships, shedding light on pre-colonial interactions. Read the article to learn more details.
The loops in Stone Age antler carvings may have served as finger grips, as experiments hurling spear-thrower projectiles at animal carcasses shed light on their purpose. Read the article to learn more.
Excavation reveals underground rooms and a tunnel beneath an ancient church in Istanbul, once the capital of the Byzantine Empire. Check it out in this article.
A new study presented evidence of Vikings reaching the Americas as early as 985 AD, over 500 years before Christopher Columbus discovered the country. Read the article to learn more details.
Two coins dated back to the Roman Empire have been found on a distant Baltic Sea island that had archaeologists baffled about how they got there. Read the article to know more details about this discovery.
A recent study suggests that the Viking round shields discovered on the Gokstad vessel in 1880 were not exclusively meant for ceremonial purposes. Read the article to learn more.
A new study examined the paintings of Leonardo da Vinci and Sandro Botticelli, among many other Renaissance master painters, and found egg proteins are mixed in oil paintings to protect their masterpieces. Read the article to learn more.
During the restoration of drains in Shanxi province, a brick tomb from the Jurchen Jin dynasty of northern China was uncovered. Learn more about it in this article.
Last year, a British researcher proposed that the Stonehenge monument was a giant calendar. Check out how the new paper pours cold water on this theory, calling it "totally unsubstantiated."