Posted on March 11th, 2010 by Kris
A ground-breaking investigation into Shakespeare’s later life is due to start in Stratford-upon-Avon on 26 March 2010, as archaeologists prepare to excavate the remains of Shakespeare’s house in Stratford-upon-Avon, and the public are invited to come along and watch as the latest story about the world’s most famous writer unfolds…
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Posted on March 5th, 2010 by Kris
Virtual simulations demonstrate that Leonardo da Vinci’s calculations were totally on mark in his plan to build the masterpiece that never came to be.
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Posted on January 30th, 2010 by Kris
ROME – The legend of Leonardo da Vinci is shrouded in mystery: How did he die? Are the remains buried in a French chateau really those of the Renaissance master? Was the “Mona Lisa” a self-portrait in disguise?
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Posted on January 29th, 2010 by Hengest
Comparing the Peasants’ Revolt with the Punk Revolution or medieval astrology with the Apollo moon landings might appear unconnected at first, but the British Library’s new interactive website Timelines: Sources from History will allow students to get a sense of change, continuity and chronology when studying historical events. Bringing together material from the Library’s vast collections and using cutting-edge technology, users will now be able to discover historical connections and create links in an exciting multimedia experience.
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Posted on January 21st, 2010 by Kris
A FRESH horde of Vikings have descended on York thanks to a £1 million refurbishment to the Jorvik Centre.
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Posted on January 21st, 2010 by Kris
How did the bones of two ancient Egyptian mummies — one human, the other feline — end up in a bottle that supposedly contained the remains of Joan of Arc?
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Posted on January 20th, 2010 by Kris
The first farmers to arrive in Britain outbred the native hunter-gatherer men and have left their mark in modern males’ Y chromosome
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Posted on January 12th, 2010 by Hengest
The traffic-choked roads still roaring past Stonehenge in Wiltshire have earned the world’s most famous prehistoric monument a place on a list of the world’s most threatened sites.
The government’s decision to abandon, on cost grounds, a plan to bury roads around Stonehenge in a tunnel underground and the consequent collapse of the plans for a new visitor centre, have put the site on the Threatened Wonders list of Wanderlust magazine, along with the 4×4-scarred Wadi Rum in Jordan, and the tourist-eroded paths and steps of the great Inca site at Machu Picchu in Peru.
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Posted on December 3rd, 2009 by Hengest
Professor Ad Putter of Bristol University’s Department of English has been awarded £357,430 by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) for a project that will investigate the verse forms of Middle English romances.
The romances were originally intended for a listening audience and, although they are still widely read today, modern readers no longer inhabit their sound worlds. This research project aims to rediscover these lost worlds through studying the aural qualities – rhyme and rhythm – of the poetry.
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Posted on November 27th, 2009 by Hengest
A dragon’s head with fiery red eyes towers above the prow of the Viking ship.
Its serpent-like tongue juts out as though it were spitting fire.
That’s the plan anyway.
The ship will never set sail, but the Sons of Norway intend to launch it tonight at the Holiday Parade through downtown Billings.
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