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The Nemi Ships were elaborate floating palaces built by Caligula in the 1st Century AD.
The Nemi Ships were large Roman vessels, essentially floating palaces built in the 1st century at Lake Nemi by the Roman Emperor Caligula.
Æthelred the “Unready” – The Lost King of England
Æthelred II, also dubbed the Unready was King of Saxon England during 978–1013 and 1014–1016. Under his father Kind Edgar, England had experienced a period of peace after the reconquest of the Danelaw in the mid-10th century.
Unravelling the mysteries of the Mayans
Beneath the tropical rainforests of Guatemala lies what remains of ‘one of the foremost archaeological sites in the world’ (Sharer & Traxer, 1946). Its modern name is Tikal, but when it was one of the most powerful kingdoms of the ancient Maya, it was known as Yax Mutul meaning "First Mutal".
Nazi Weather Station in Canada during WW2
Few people would equate this place with World War II German Nazis. And yet in 1943 a U-Boat installed a German weather station code named "Kurt" in Martin Bay, northern Labrador.
Debate still rages over date of Thera eruption at ancient Akrotiri
During the height of the Greek Bronze Age, a volcano erupted on the ancient Greek island of Thera (modern Santorini). The violent eruption sent six times more magma and rock into the Earth's atmosphere than the notorious Krakatoa eruption in 1883.
Unmasking Tutankhamun : the figure behind the fame
Following the amazing discovery of the Egyptian king's near-intact tomb by archaeologist Howard Carter in 1922, Tutankhamun became a household name worldwide. By Robyn Antanovskii