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…