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Prehistoric Well Uncovered At Ancient Hillfort Might Be A Time Capsule Of Archaeological Gold
An ancient fresh water well with elaborate spiraling stone steps has been re-discovered on one of Scotland’s most mythologized mountain peaks near Aberdeen, and archaeologists were keen to peer into its ‘blocked’ chamber of secrets.
ashley cowie - 19/06/2019 - 23:02
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Someries Castle: Ruined Manor Of English Soldier Sir John Wenlock
... house. It is believed that the estate was purchase by Sir John Wenlock from William de Someries sometime in the 1430s ... house. It is believed that the estate was purchase by Sir John Wenlock from William de Someries sometime in the 1430s ... it because he was killed in battle. Someries Castle, Sir John Wenlock And The Wars Of The Roses Between 1455 and 1485, ...
ML Childs - 11/02/2021 - 00:54
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Pocahontas Shrouded in Myth: A Princess Goes to England
... a young Indian princess risking everything for her love, John Smith, has gripped the popular imagination and will not ... a young Indian princess risking everything for her love, John Smith, has gripped the popular imagination and will not let go. Aside from the fact that Pocahontas and John Smith were never an item (she was perhaps 10 years old ...
Kerry Sullivan - 01/03/2017 - 18:54
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Face of ‘Ordinary Poor’ Man from Medieval Cambridge Graveyard Revealed
... was discovered underneath the Old Divinity School of St John’s College, and excavated between 2010 and 2012. Finds beneath the Old Divinity School, St John's College. Credit: Craig Cessford, Cambridge University ... to 15th centuries, are burials from the Hospital of St John the Evangelist which stood opposite the graveyard until ...
ancient-origins - 21/03/2017 - 13:02
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The Forgotten History of the London Stone, an Artifact Linked to Aeneas, King Arthur, and John Dee
... A similar assumption can be found in an updated version of John Stow’s 1598 The Survey of London . The historian John Strype, who updated this piece of work during the 18th ... ( Public Domain ) Another modern legend asserts that John Dee, an adviser of Queen Elizabeth I, believed that the ...
dhwty - 13/04/2016 - 14:49
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Christopher Columbus: Master Double Agent and Portugal’s 007
... Ocean, both south and west of Portugal itself. Meanwhile, John II ascended to the throne of Portugal in 1481, reversing ... Her Power? Large swaths of the noble class rebelled, but John II was an astute diplomat, with powerful alliances among ... his adversaries, capturing and executing the ring leader. John II of Portugal. ( Public Domain ) Conspiracy! Queen ...
XpoKolon - 12/05/2017 - 14:03
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Maya Animation? Breathing Newfound Vitality into Ancient Maya Art
... from The Metropolitan Museum of Art . (Jenny and Alex John / The Maya Gods of Time ) Art historian Jennifer John and her artist husband Alex have spent the last decade ... and adapted from Chinchilla Mazariegos. (Jenny and Alex John / The Maya Gods of Time ) Animation between the Palenque ...
Jennifer and Alexander John - 07/12/2020 - 21:47
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Lost Great Pyramid Relic Surfaces In A Cigar Box in Scotland!
... what she was holding in her hands. Illustrations by John Dixon of what became known as the Dixon relics. ...
ashley cowie - 17/12/2020 - 13:54
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Petroglyphs Sun Writing Of The Gods: Cosmological Orientation Of Fremont Indian Rock Art
... Canyon, Panorama, taken from an opposing bluff. (Photo © John Lundwall) The Fremont Indians were a Native American ... by a pair of spirals; Fremont Indian State Park. (Photo © John Lundwall) The humanoid figures are called ... and upper world); Fremont Indian State Park. (Photo © John Lundwall) There are over 3,600 petroglyphs in Clear ...
ancient-origins - 01/03/2021 - 22:47
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The House of Trastámara: The Kingdoms of Castile and Aragon Take Spain
... “He of the mercies.” Henry was succeeded by his son, John I. When John came to power, Castile was still at war with the English ... the conflict between the two sides was the claim made by John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster, on the Castilian throne. ...
dhwty - 11/03/2022 - 00:57
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Ghar Dalam – Malta’s Unexplained Cave of Bones
... caves’ museum, under the direction of Heritage Malta’s John J. Borg, who was my guide on my recent visit to the cave. John was kind enough to share with me the real mystery of ... Sacred Shroud of Turin and was interested to find out from John, what and if any dating had been carried out on these ...
pjshield - 08/03/2020 - 02:14
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Richard III Not Guilty of Murdering His Nephews, Researchers Conclude
... kind of mysterious mission. An individual identified as John Evans arrived in Coldridge soon after that, where he was ... park located right behind the local church. “This man John Evans was given these prestigious titles despite ... to say the least,” Missing Princes Project researcher John Dike told The Telegraph . “It is possible that Edward ...
Nathan Falde - 30/12/2021 - 14:00
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Royals and the Occult: Witchcraft, Astrology, and Mystical Healing
... never recovered from all the accusations of witchcraft. John Dee: Scholar, Astrologer, and Occult Practitioner that ... it was probably a witch. Isabella was the wife of King John of England , who is perhaps one of the most hated ...
Robbie Mitchell - 04/08/2022 - 19:01
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Deciphering The Newton Stone’s Mysterious “Unknown Script”
... Stone and accompanying stone with a Pictish symbol. ( John Stuart, Sculptured Stones of Scotland (1856). Plates I, ... Stone’s mysterious engravings were first published by John Pinkerton in his 1814 book ‘Inquiry into the History ... the "unknown script". That first happened in 1822 when John Stuart, Professor of Greek at Marischal College, ...
ashley cowie - 20/08/2018 - 19:20
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Skeleton of an Archaic Homo naledi Child Found in Rising Star Cave
... we were going to find naledi bones in these situations," John Hawks , a University of Wisconsin-Madison ... level than Leti's remains in the Rising Star caves. (John Hawks, et al / CC BY 4.0 ) The Unmistakable Signs of an ...
Nathan Falde - 05/11/2021 - 21:58
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Artificial Intelligence Has Identified Previously Undetected Hominid in the Human Family Tree
... The map shows spread and evolution of Denisovans. (John D. Croft / CC SA-BY 3.0 ) The study, published in Nature ...
ancient-origins - 18/01/2019 - 18:35
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Robert Dudley: A Virgin Queen's Great Love, Despite His Many Mistakes
... born a year before Elizabeth. Dudley was the fifth son of John Dudley, the Duke of Northumberland, and his wife, Jane, ... In spite of his father’s execution as a traitor, John Dudley would be drawn into the service of the new king. ... 1547, he was succeeded by his 10-year-old son, Edward VI. John played an increasingly important role in the new ...
dhwty - 26/07/2021 - 22:49
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Medieval mass grave lay hidden just two feet below a college in Scotland
... Major figures in the Scottish Reformation included John Knox and George Wishart, who recruited influential ... and the rest of the British Isles. Scottish reformer John Knox ( Wikimedia Commons ) The website says the ...
Mark Miller - 31/07/2015 - 02:51
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Archaeologists Uncover Tantalizing Evidence of the Lost Colony of Roanoke
... to England later. The leader of the 1585 exploration, John White, drew and painted portraits of the natives and ... he later returned to Roanoke. A watercolor painting by John White of natives dancing in North Carolina, 1585 ( ... a tree. “The Lost Colony,' a painting by Granger, shows John White returning to Roanoke Island and finding the word ...
Mark Miller - 24/06/2016 - 14:43
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Renaissance-Gothic Corvin Castle: One of the Seven Wonders of Romania
... style. The builder of Corvin Castle was John Hunyadi, Corvin Castle is a castle in Hnedoara, a city ... Renaissance-Gothic style. The builder of Corvin Castle was John Hunyadi, best remembered for his defense of Christendom ... domain ) Corvin Castle Was Built the Legendary Warrior John Hunyadi Corvin Castle is named after its builder, John ...
dhwty - 22/10/2021 - 01:59