The Great London [01/07/17] 

  • Astronomy: Evidence of Martian life could be hard to find in some meteorite blast sites

    Scientists analysing samples from Mars' surface have so far not conclusively detected organic compounds that are indigenous to Mars, which would be indicators of past or present life. The inconclusive results mean that researchers are now suggesting that a good place to find these organic compounds would be deep underground – from…

  • UK: Rare discovery of Late Roman official buried in Leicester

    Archaeologists from University of Leicester Archaeological Services (ULAS) have recently excavated a Late Roman cemetery at Western Road in Leicester’s West End. Amongst the 83 skeletons recorded by the team, one burial is proving to be very exciting.An archaeologist excavates one of the skeletons in the Roman cemetery at Western …

  • United Kingdom: Britain has kept the ‘Elgin Marbles’ for 200 years – now it's time to pass them on

    It is lunacy to believe you own the moon, and no amount of tomato juice you spill into the sea will make its water yours. Yet we ask the question “who owns antiquity?” as if it were a sane one.Parthenon Frieze in the British Museum [Credit: Graham Barclay/Getty Images]There is a reason for this. It’s the reason why Dennis Hope, fo…

  • UK: Metal detectorist finds 1400-year-old Saxon grave

    When amateur metal detector enthusiast Charles Wood picked up a faint signal in a muddy field, the 44-year -old had no idea he had just stumbled onto one of the most significant Saxon graves discovered in recent years.Side view of the grave [Credit: Banbury Guardian]Mr Wood and other members of the Muddy Boots Metal Detector Club …

  • Morocco: Spectacular Moroccan fossils redefine evolutionary timelines

    Some of the oldest marine animals on the planet, including armoured worm-like forms and giant, lobster like sea creatures, survived millions of years longer than previously thought, according to a spectacularly preserved fossil formation from southeastern Morocco.A marrellomorph arthropod, probably belonging to the genus Furca [Cr…

  • Earth Science: Researchers explain why the Greenwich Prime Meridian moved

    In 1884, a delegation of international representatives convened in Washington, D.C. to recommend that Earth's prime meridian (the north-south line marking zero degrees longitude) should pass through the Airy Transit Circle at the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, England.*The Airy meridian is marked as the "Prime Meridian of the Wor…

  1. Getty Museum presents "Gothic Grandeur": Manuscript illumination, 1200-1350
  2. Ancient Biblical artifacts make world premiere at Armstrong Auditorium
  3. Famous Atlas sculpture on display in Rome
  4. Museum professionals: Hands off our mummies!
  5. First exhibition in Mexico dedicated to Moctezuma II draws large crowds