The Great London [02/06/22] 

  • UK: Thousands of skeletons removed from Bedlam

    They came from every parish of London, and from all walks of life, and ended up in a burial ground called Bedlam. Now scientists hope their centuries-old skeletons can reveal new information about how long-ago Londoners lived - and about the bubonic plague that often killed them.Archaeologists excavate the 16th and 17th century Be…

  • UK: Christie’s artefacts linked to organised crime

    The world’s leading auction house has withdrawn from sale more than £1.2 million of ancient artefacts identified by an expert at a Scottish university as having links to organised criminal networks in Europe, The Scotsman can reveal.The artefacts which have been withdrawn and, left, expert Dr Tsirogiannis [Credit: Christies]Eight …

  • Travel: 'Celts' at the National Museum of Scotland

    Two golden torcs unearthed by a metal-detecting enthusiast are among the treasures on display at a major new exhibition celebrating the Celts.A collection of Celtic art from all over Europe will go on display at the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh from Thursday.It is the first major British exhibition on the Celts for mor…

  • Natural Heritage: Bitter chocolate: Illegal cocoa farms threaten Ivory Coast primates

    Researchers surveying for endangered primates in national parks and forest reserves of Ivory Coast found, to their surprise, that most of these protected areas had been turned into illegal cocoa farms, a new study reports.Study co-author Gonedele Sere, on left, holds a cocoa plant found at an illegal farm in the Dassioko Forest Re…

  • France: 305 million-year-old ‘early spider’ fossil discovered

    A team of researchers has discovered the fossil of a 305-million-year-old arachnid, which will help scientists to understand more about the early origins of modern-day spiders.Digital visualization of Idmonarachne brasieri based on laboratory-based scans of the fossil [Credit: Garwood et al 2016/Museum National d’Histoire Naturell…

  1. Expert help from British Museum
  2. Dinosaur exhibit makes world premiere in Ohio at the Cincinnati Museum Center
  3. Face of 5000 year old Iranian woman reconstructed
  4. Wolf Creek Indian Village digs into history
  5. Exhibition of the Golden Age of China: The Tang Dynasty at the Drents Museum