Variola virus DNA found in bones of people from Denmark to Russia around Viking era The Vikings are known for their intrepid seafaring, fearsome fighting and extensive trading, but it seems it may not only have been goods and weapons they carried on their travels – they could also have carried a deadly disease. Researchers […]
The following unattributed article was originally published in the Camp Lejeune Globe in 1956, on the 16th anniversary of the landing on Iwo Jima. A great American armada lay off the ash laden beaches of a barren piece of rock in the Western Pacific on February 19, 1945. Attack Transports unloaded their precious cargoes of Marines into […]
It was hidden under an 18th-century pawnshop. The remains of an Aztec palace where emperor Moctezuma II was held captive by the Spanish and killed in 1520 has been discovered in Mexico City. Historical records say that the Spanish conquistador Hernan Cortes took Moctezuma II (also known as Moctezuma Xocoyotzin, sometimes also spelled Montezuma) hostage and held […]
Neolithic arrowheads and a snake-shaped belt hook among finds uncovered by gardeners Neolithic arrowheads and an ancient belt hook are among several historical artefacts unearthed in Britons’ back gardens during lockdown. The British Museum’s portable antiquities scheme has been notified of a number of archaeological discoveries from people who had extra time to tend to […]
Joseph V. Micallef is a best-selling military history and world affairs author, and keynote speaker. Follow him on Twitter @JosephVMicallef. The Battle for the Atlantic was the longest-running theater of World War II. It began on Sept. 1, 1939, the first day of the war. It would continue until the very last day of the […]
One of the nation’s original “Rosie the Riveters” employed by Boeing in Seattle during World War II, she built B-17 and B-29 bombers to help support the war effort decades ago. Now she’s fighting a different war, as her still nimble fingers turn out face masks to prevent spread of the deadly coronavirus. “People say […]
Other finds include lead lined Roman coffin and Stonehenge-like wooden structure A skeleton believed to be a murder victim from the iron age has been discovered by archaeologists working on the HS2 project in Buckinghamshire. HS2 said the find was made during excavation work at Wellwick Farm, near Wendover. Archaeologists found the skeleton of the adult male […]
Exclusive: discovery of two ancient mummies filmed for Channel 5 documentary She was the fabled queen of ancient Egypt, immortalised over thousands of years as a beautiful seductress. But, despite her fame, Cleopatra’s tomb is one of the great unsolved mysteries. Some believe she was buried in Alexandria, where she was born and ruled from her royal […]
PORTLAND, Ore. — The remains of a World War II soldier from Oregon who went missing in the final weeks of the Guadalcanal campaign have been positively identified 76 years after he was listed as missing in action, according to the U.S. government. Skeletal remains recovered two years ago on the Solomon Islands in the […]
In his home in a wooded neighborhood in north suburban Lincolnshire, Mitch Work spreads out some of the extraordinary artifacts of his late father’s life. Framed on the wall is a painting of a lakeside villa in rural Austria where his father interrogated one of the last people to come out of Hitler’s bunker. On […]
