Ravenser Odd – The Lost Town That Sank Beneath the Sea
Ravenser Odd, also called Ravensrodd was a port town in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England on the sandbanks of the Spurn heritage coast in the Humber estuary.
Finding the Hidden Palace of Otford
In the article "The Lost Palace of Henry The VIII" Diarmaid Walshe tells the story of the Lost Palace of Henry VIII up to the death of Archbishop Warham in 1532.
King Henry VIII’s Nonsuch Palace
Nonsuch Palace was one of Henry VIII’s largest building projects during his reign, built as a celebration of Henry’s power and grandeur, it was meant to rival that of the French King Francis I’s Château de Chambord.
Engineers discover the secret of Italian renaissance domes
A research project by engineers from Princeton University in collaboration with project partners has discovered the secret of self-supporting masonry domes from the Italian renaissance.
The Lost Palace of Henry The VIII
A small village in Kent might now be the location for a building that would be looked upon as the jewel of Tudor design.
The Roman Empire Strikes Back
The accepted date for the collapse of the Western Roman Empire was approximately 476 CE, when the last true Roman Emperor Romulus was overthrown by Odoacer, the Germanic leader who became the first Barbarian to rule Rome.
High taxes were always a problem in the Roman Empire, so what’s new?
Inscriptions tell us, that throughout history people always complained about the high taxes charged by the central government.
Cracks make historical paintings less vulnerable to environmental variations
Historical wood panel paintings with developed craquelure patterns – networks of fine cracks in the paint– are significantly less vulnerable to environmental variations than previously assumed, according to a study in the open access journal Heritage Science.
New Publication Records Northamptonshire’s Bloody History
Following on from their successful publications covering the Battles of Northampton and Edgcote during the Wars of the Roses, the two authors have collaborated on a comprehensive survey of the County’s turbulent and bloody military history.
Disappearance of animal species takes mental, cultural and material toll on humans
For thousands of years, indigenous hunting societies have subsisted on specific animals for their survival. How have these hunter-gatherers been affected when these animals migrate or go extinct?
What protects minority languages from extinction?
Over 6,000 languages are currently spoken worldwide, but a substantial minority - well over 5% - are in danger of dying out.
Minoan monkeys reveal ancient cultural interconnections
The monkeys featured in several frescos in Minoan Greece suggests the civilisation was familiar with multiple monkey species, none of which were indigenous to...
How a poet founded mathematics
Consider the following problem - A musician has to compose an n-beat rhythm. A heavy syllable takes up two consecutive beats, while a light syllable takes up a single beat. How many total rhythms does the musician have to choose from?
April 22nd 1778 – The day America raided England
On April 22nd, 1778, a lone USS Naval ship carried out a daring raid during the American Revolutionary War on the town of Whitehaven in England.
Rethinking Europe’s Early Modern Islamic Legacy
There is, in our time, a tendency to think of the historical interaction between Islam and Christianity in terms of conquest and religious conflict.
This,...
