The Great London [04/27/24] 

  • UK: Tudor church graffiti records names of plague victims

    "Heartbreaking" graffiti uncovered in a Cambridgeshire church has revealed how three sisters from one family died in a plague outbreak in 1515.The medieval graffiti, showing the names of Cateryn, Jane and Amee Maddyngley, was discovered on a wall of All Saint's and St Andrew's Church in Kingston, near Cambridge, by amateur archaeo…

  • Fossils: Oldest pine fossils reveal fiery past

    Scientists have found the oldest fossils of the familiar pine tree that dominates Northern Hemisphere forests today.False-colour image of the fossil [Credit: H. Falcon-Lang]Scientists from the Department of Earth Sciences at Royal Holloway, University of London have found the oldest fossils of the familiar pine tree that dominates…

  1. "Alexander the Great: 2000 years of treasures" opens next week in Sydney
  2. New gallery reveals skill of Neolithic Chinese potters at The Oriental Museum in Durham
  3. Arts and crafts in Greek antiquity: Selected finds from a royal necropolis in Northern Greece in Brussels
  4. Meet the ancestors: Exhibition at Bordeaux gallery reveals faces of prehistoric humans
  5. Wonders of Constantinople's underground water world to go on display in Istanbul