William Shakespeare – The Fictitious Bard? By Paddy Lambert – ACT I
William Shakespeare, the majestic bard, the enchanting poet, the ethereal playwright, and supposed inventor or first recorded user of dozens of words in the English language that are still used today, words like ‘leapfrog’ and ‘distinguishable’.
St George’s church, Portland hosts ‘Operation Nightingale’
Soldiers returning from active service abroad will be lending their time and skills to conserve, repair and investigate the fascinating church of St George's in Portland , Dorset.
Jade Mask, Discovered in Pyramid of the Sun
Archaeologists that participate in the Pyramid of the Sun Project, conducted by the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH Conaculta), discovered a series of deposits at the interior of the Prehispanic construction; one of them may be the offering placed during the first 50 years of our era, to consecrate the beginning of the construction of the greatest monument of Teotihuacan.
Rare Roman Villa discovered near Peterborough England
Now Oxford Archaeology East and archaeologists from Peterborough City Council have announced the discovery of a 2nd Century Roman Villa and farm complex discovered at Walton near Peterborough.
Roman spintria from the banks of the Thames
Roman spintria found on the banks of the Thames. HeritageDaily Archaeology News Press Release
China’s tomb raiders laying waste to thousands of years of history
Bulldozers and dynamite used to strip priceless artefacts from remote sites, with booty sold on to wealthy collectors
Football Was For Real Men In Tudor England!!!
An Oxford University academic is leading a project to study coroners' reports of accidental deaths in Tudor England and it shows that football was the most dangerous!!
Glastonbury tankard returns home
Lavishly carved 16th-century oak cup was given to Arundells of Wardour for safekeeping during dissolution of monasteries
Cambridge gives Newton papers to the world
Isaac Newton’s own annotated copy of his Principia Mathematica is among his notebooks and manuscripts being made available online by Cambridge University Library.
The disappearance of the elephant caused the rise of modern man
Dietary change led to the appearance of modern humans in the Middle East 400,000 years ago, say TAU researchers Elephants have long been known to be part of the Homo erectus diet. But the significance of this specific food source, in relation to both the survival of Homo erectus and the evolution of modern humans, has never been understood, until now.
Wessex Archaeology Help Injured Servicemen And Women
Staff in Wessex Archaeology's Salisbury office are taking part in a pilot project entitled 'Operation Nightingale' to explore the potential of using archaeology as a tool in the rehabilitation of injured servicemen and women.
Evidence for early ‘bedding’ and the use of medicinal plants at a South African rock shelter
An international team of archaeologists is reporting 77,000-year-old evidence for preserved plant bedding and the use of insect-repelling plants in a rock shelter in South Africa.
News About The Cat Mummy At National Archaeological Museum of Parma
National Archaeological Museum of Parma (Palace of Pillotta) will hold a conference to present the public with interesting news emerged from the study of the cat mummy kept at the same museum.
An Award For Sexuality In Cold War East Germany
Three historians from the University of Bristol are celebrating success in the Fraenkel Prize in Contemporary History, awarded by the Wiener Library, London.
New exhibition reveals rarely seen account of life – and death – in 17th century London
A new exhibition opens today featuring some of the most remarkable treasures from 350 years of book collecting at the Royal Society.
