9+ mon, 1+ week ago   (197+ words) During this time, members of the noble Percy family – holders of the lordship of Wharram – lived in the village. A ruined church is the last surviving contemporary building. Historic England says: "For over 60 years, archaeologists have pioneered new techniques here…...

4+ mon, 3+ week ago   (437+ words) Its layout might seem random, but it is actually based on the layout of the original town. In a previous interview, Buri said of the now-iconic artwork: "When I went to Sicily and visited Gibellina, the new city had already…...

9+ mon, 1+ week ago   (363+ words) The seeds of Europe’s deadliest pandemic were sown not in a medieval marketplace, but in the sky, a surprising new study has suggested. Researchers link a burst of volcanic activity in the mid-14th century directly to climate disruption, crop failures,…...

8+ mon, 2+ week ago   (223+ words) "Wonderful things," Howard Carter famously replied when he was asked what he saw upon entering Egyptian Pharoah Tutankhamun's tomb in 1922. Complete with its own legend of a curse, the site has become perhaps the most famous burial chamber in the…...

8+ mon, 3+ week ago   (400+ words) When most people picture a pyramid, their minds immediately drift to the golden sands of the Giza Plateau and the dominating structure of the Great Pyramid of Khufu. For decades, Egypt has been the undisputed face of ancient monumental architecture,…...

4+ mon, 23+ hour ago   (332+ words) After years of fieldwork, archaeologists report a series of findings that appear to connect the site to the biblical town. These include the remains of a Byzantine-era church, fragments of a first-century dwelling beneath its foundations, Roman-period fishing equipment, and…...