The History Blog Category
Indigenous graves found on Taiwan campus
Construction of new facilities at National Ilan University in Yilan County, Taiwan, has unearthed skeletal remains and grave goods from…
Gummi bears turn 100 years old
Confectioner Hans Riegel founded Haribo (combining the first letters of his name and hometown of Bonn) in 1920. The first…
Young Knight shines again in complex landscape
Young Knight in a Landscape (c. 1505) by Vittore Carpaccio is one of the most iconic masterpieces of the many…
Arrow with pristine fletching found in Norway glacier
The volunteers and archaeologists of Norway’s Glacier Archaeology Program have discovered a 1,700-year-old arrow that is so well-preserved that not…
Hieroglyphics on Maya vessel deciphered
Archaeologists have translated the hieroglyphic on a Maya vessel unearthed last fall in Yucatán, southeastern Mexico, and identified the name…
46 eagles in vivid color revealed on temple ceiling
Restoration work at the Esna Temple on the west bank of the Nile 35 miles south of Luxor has revealed…
Museum acquires unique Leasingham Horse Brooch
The Leasingham Horse Brooch, a Roman-era copper alloy brooch in the shape of a three-dimensional horse that is unique on…
Stolen Nostradamus manuscript returns to Rome
An extremely rare 500-year-old manuscript of the prophecies of Nostradamus stolen from a library in Rome more than 15 years…
