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. Getty's 'Imagining the Past in France' illuminates Middle Ages
  2. Antarctic ice reveals trapped secrets of climate change
  3. 'Connecting Continents: Indian Ocean Trade and Exchange' opens at the British Museum
  4. Relatives shrug off 'Curse of Tutankhamun' tomb jinx
  5. Vatican treasures on display