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Elaborately decorated skeletons in Catholic churches across Bavaria take some visitors by surprise
9+ hour, 23+ min ago (589+ words) The skeletons " known as Vincenzius, Valerius, Benedictus and Felix Benedictus " are the remains of so-called catacomb saints that were brought to the Benedictine monastery near the Bavarian town of Bad Staffelstein from Rome in the late 17th and 18th century. "It's actually…...
Archaeologists in Hungary Reveal Ancient Sarmatian Village and Coin of Roman Emperor Gallienus
2+ hour, 40+ min ago (497+ words) Archaeologists in Hungary have uncovered traces of an ancient Sarmatian settlement during excavations near "rbotty'n, a town in Pest County, according to work published by Tragor Ign'c M'zeum. The excavation took place between late February and early March 2026. It was…...
2, 200-Year-Old Mother Goddess Stele Found in Turkey Points to Hellenistic Sanctuary
3+ hour, 43+ min ago (437+ words) A broken stone stele discovered beside an ancient road in western Turkey may mark the site of a previously unknown Hellenistic sanctuary dedicated to Kybele, the ancient Mother Goddess worshipped across Anatolia and the Mediterranean world. The artifact was uncovered…...
Ancient Chinese musician figurines inspire Song dynasty dance revival | TV BRICS, 18. 05. 26
5+ hour, 51+ min ago (222+ words) Based on wooden figurines of musicians from the Northern Song dynasty, a dance performance has been created and the costumes reconstructed In China, a unique set of ten wooden figurines of female musicians has formed the basis for a dance…...
Horses were being ridden, worked, and domesticated long before anyone thought it was possible
7+ hour, 9+ min ago (832+ words) Not long ago, geneticists thought they had settled the origin story of domesticated horses with a single data point. Around 2200 BCE, one calm-tempered lineage swept across the ancient world. That was when horses changed history " or so the consensus went....
Opinion: Were the British really that bad?
13+ min ago (127+ words) Compared to the dictators and totalitarian regimes of the 20th century, British rule in 1776 seems almost mild, but there was a deeper political conflict...
Crowds flock to Evesham as town taken 600 years back in time
8+ hour, 31+ min ago (428+ words) CROWDS have flocked to Evesham in their thousands to experience what life was like more than 500 years ago." The Battle of Evesham Medieval Market and Living History Camp saw an estimated 25, 000 people visit the town last weekend (May 16/17)." Despite the…...
Chornobyl 40 Years Later'The Danger Is Real Again
14+ hour, 17+ min ago (202+ words) The Chornobyl Exclusion Zone is no longer just a relic of the past'it's a frontline. 40 years after the world's worst nuclear disaster, the danger has returned. We spent four days inside the Zone to witness how Russia's full-scale invasion has…...
International Museum Day: celebrating Torbay's rich cultural and heritage landmarks
8+ hour, 40+ min ago (489+ words) 18 May 2026 4: 33 PM International Museum Day is a chance to celebrate the institutions around the world that preserve history, culture and identity and in Torbay, that story is told through a network of museums that reflect the Bay's unique past and…...
The true story behind Peaky Blinders' Nazi banknotes plot - AOL
2+ day, 23+ hour ago (1027+ words) Widely considered the largest counterfeiting operation in history, Nazi Germany's plot to crash the British economy with fake banknotes sounds like a Hollywood script. Now, those true events have inspired the latest twist in the Peaky Blinders saga, with the…...