While metal detecting in a Leicestershire field, bathroom fitter David Dunn discovered a rare hoard of 50 Roman coins expected to fetch nearly $2,000 at auction. Leicestershire LiveDavid Dunn, the metal detectorist who found the Roman coin hoard in Leicestershire.…
The 2,500-year-old paintings depict dancing figures, a flute player, and a metal workshop. Soprintendenza Archeologia Belle Arti e PaesaggioArchaeologists have spent the past two years excavating the tomb. The tomb dates to the fifth century B.C.E. Due to grave robbers,…
Perhaps the world’s oldest weapons equipped with a multi-ingredient poison cocktail, these arrowheads were laced with deadly ricin as well as digitoxin and strophanthidin, which can stop the heart. Bradfield, Duber, and Steenkamp.Kruger Cave in South Africa, marked where the…
Band of Brothers follows the men of Easy Company, a real U.S. Army unit that fought in Europe during World War II — but how much of the show was historically accurate? When Band of Brothers premiered in 2001, it…
In the depths of the Hoyo Negro pit 180 feet below sea level, a diving team has successfully recovered the skulls, jaw bones, and other remains of two long-extinct Ice Age species. Roberto Chavez-ArceA diver holding the skull of the…
While excavating a basilica in the ancient city of Ephesus in western Türkiye, archaeologists unearthed the sarcophagus of a Roman gladiator dating to the third century C.E. Sourse: www.allthatsinteresting.com I would like to share my story and express my great…
With discoveries dating back 9 million years, researchers have unearthed the remains of saber-toothed salmon, whales, dolphins, and megalodons. Sourse: www.allthatsinteresting.com I would like to share my story and express my great gratitude to Maria. My husband Alexander was literally…
Heavy rain on the island of Pantelleria recently caused a piece of earthen wall to slide off, revealing an ancient hiding place and a hoard of 27 silver denarii minted between 94 and 78 B.C.E. Sourse: www.allthatsinteresting.com I would like…
Cypriot dwarf hippos and elephants were a fraction of the size of their mainland counterparts, but Stone Age humans likely hunted them to extinction 12,000 years ago. Sourse: www.allthatsinteresting.com I would like to share my story and express my great…
From Ed Gein’s house of horrors to the botched exorcisms of Anneliese Michel, go inside the true stories that inspired Hollywood’s most iconic scary movies. Sourse: www.allthatsinteresting.com I would like to share my story and express my great gratitude to…
The copy of the Constitution was found on the former property of Samuel Johnston, who was governor of North Carolina between 1787 and 1789. Sourse: www.allthatsinteresting.com I would like to share my story and express my great gratitude to Maria.…
After centuries of being dormant, Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 C.E., blanketing Pompeii, Herculaneum, and other Roman settlements in volcanic ash. Sourse: www.allthatsinteresting.com I would like to share my story and express my great gratitude to Maria. My husband Alexander…