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BY Culture24
01.06.2015
Archaeologists thrilled by lucky discovery of 2,000-year-old Roman god figurine in Yorkshire
Dog walkers and metal detectorists help archaeologists to record 1,000 finds in Yorkshire The figurine which is the 2,000th find of the year in Yorkshire stands 76.7 mm high © PAS The 1,000th...
BY EUROPEANA
29.05.2015
An Art Historical Guide to Napping
However much human beings have adapted over time, one thing will never change – we will always need sleep. As an essential part of life, it is only right that sleep creeps into art. In 2004, a...
BY Culture24
29.05.2015
Anglo-Saxon warrior splendour: The "extremely significant" new finds from the Staffordshire Hoard
A reconstructed helmet and a “unique” sword pommel, found during new work on the Staffordshire Hoard, will tell archaeologists more about seventh century Anglo-Saxon England © Birmingham Museums...
BY Culture24
29.05.2015
National Biscuit Day: See a biscuit found in Captain Scott's tent after his doomed Antarctic Expedition
What's your favourite biscuit? Scott's Polar explorers ate a white flour and sodium bicarbonate variety © Thomas Cogley Owned by the Royal Engineers Museum Library and Archive, this biscuit was one...
BY Culture24
29.05.2015
Keats House refurbishes its displays with more Keats treasures on show to the public
More precious artefacts from the most romantic of Romantic poets go on display at Keats House in Hampstead Poignant artefacts include this watercolour miniature of Fanny Brawne © Courtesy The City...
BY Culture24
29.05.2015
Plaque in Stoke Newington commemorates first bombs dropped on London during First World War
A plaque has been unveiled commemorating the first bombs dropped by Zeppelins on London in WWI One of the first explosive bombs that fell in London. This weighed 190 lbs and was dropped from a...
BY Culture24
01.06.2015
Archaeologists uncover evidence of sin and punishment at medieval priory
Archaeologists find possible evidence of the wayward lives of medieval nuns at Littlemore Priory A woman buried face down © Courtesy John Moore Heritage Services Evidence of a sinister religious...
BY Culture24
28.05.2015
"The ultimate in speed sailing": Moth master White aims to break women's nautical speed mile
Sailor puts Moth under Science Museum lights ahead of cross-Channel quest and world record attempt in 2016 Hannah White at the Science Museum © Anthony Cullen It’s just as well that Hannah White,...
BY Culture24
27.05.2015
Archaeologists to begin search for prehistoric "hut-circle landscape" in north-east Scotland
Archaeologists ask for public help in search for more evidence of prehistoric communities in Scotland Archaeologists in Caithness will use LiDAR data to gain a bird's-eye view of the landscape © AOC...
BY EUROPEANA
26.05.2015
Five fascinating creatures now extinct
We all know that animals are becoming extinct all the time. But did you know that if you average everything out, new species come into being at about the same rate as old ones become extinct?1 It’s...
BY Culture24
26.05.2015
Vicious, debased and blasphemous: Oxford academic uncovers scandalous side of Greek epic
An Oxford academic has uncovered a new, bloodier and far more scandalous side to Greek epic A series of epic poems have been partially reconstructed by an Oxford academic © Courtesy Oxford...
BY Culture24
22.05.2015
Archaeologists find "fantastic" wooden butter churn and stakes used by Pagan tribe in medieval Staffordshire
Pagan tribe in Mercian heartland would have used butter churn during time of changing climate in medieval Staffordshire A butter churn found in Staffordshire was once used by a Pagan tribe, say...
BY Culture24
22.05.2015
Summer of Archaeology: Excavations to begin at estate with Anglo-Saxon roots and 12th century chapel
National Trust to lead season of excavations at Herefordshire Estate which could have origins from as far back as Norman Conquest The view from the manor house bedroom overlooking the orchard at...
BY Culture24
23.05.2015
A new world heritage site? Ten pictures from the archaeology and history of Wales's slate industry
Could Gwynedd join UNESCO? See pictures from Welsh Slate: Archaeology and History of an Industry © By permission of Gwynedd Archives Service Slates from quarries the length and breadth of Gwynedd...
BY Culture24
25.05.2015
Triumph and disaster: Eight exhibits from the British Museum's show on Louis XIV as a Sun King
Louis XIV was intent on being known as a Sun King whose rays would warm and illuminate the world. In the tercentenary year of his death, here are eight exhibits from a new British Museum exhibition...
Museums
21.05.2015
Our top pick: Belvedere
Museums of the World is growing every day! Our free online editor ( museums, sign up here ) enables museums to easily update their listings and many of them have already done a great job. This is...
BY Culture24
21.05.2015
Cosmonauts - Birth of the Space Age: Ten images from the Russian Race for Space
The most significant collection of Russian spacecraft and artefacts ever to be shown in the UK will star in Cosmonauts: Birth of the Space Age, a new exhibition opening at the Science Museum on...
BY Culture24
21.05.2015
Scientists find new fossilised English species of parasitic tongue worm
A 420 million year old species of tongue worm parasite has been discovered still attached to the shell of its host A 425 million-year-old parasite: the pentastomid Invavita piratica (in...
BY Culture24
03.06.2015
Competition: Win a copy of Marked for Death: The First World War in the Air
Win a top author's new book on the aircraft of the First World War Little more than 10 years after the first powered flight, aircraft were pressed into service in World War I. Often forgotten in the...
Museo Histórico y Etnográfico de Villafranca de los Barros
20.05.2015
