Scientists discover vitrified remains caused by immense 520C heat of disaster in AD79 When Mount Vesuvius erupted in AD79, the damage wreaked in nearby towns was catastrophic. Now it appears the heat was so immense it turned one victim’s brain to glass – thought to be the first time this has been seen. Experts say […]
Archaeologists believe it was captured across several mid-seventh century battles Britain’s most glorious Anglo-Saxon treasures may have been captured in a series of Dark Age battlefields – during bitter conflicts between rival British kingdoms. Archaeologists who completed a major study of the finds now believe they were captured in several major wars in the mid-seventh century. The […]
Human evolution expert Prof Chris Stringer has studied the Neanderthal throughout his entire career. Here he tells us what scientists discovered about the lifestyle, distinctive features and what these early humans looked like. We know more facts about Neanderthals than extinct humans. Thousands of artifacts and fossils have been found, including nearly completed skeletons. We […]
When the sun is high in the sky, the darkness of Piscina Mirabilis in Bacoli in the province of Naples is pierced by the cross-light knives that resemble a magnificent secret cathedral that makes the Roman cistern built during the Augustus period. it is invisible from the outside. Heavy rain falls from a height […]
