To Historians and Tourists, It’s a Mysterious Ancient Burial Site. It Used to Be My Playground.
Author Oliver Smith spent many childhood days exploring a prehistoric mound near his grandparents’ house in Wales. As an adult, he found himself irresistibly drawn back to it—and other sites like it.
Rare 1,600-year-old purple fabric — woven with gold threads — found in France. See it
After detailed scans of the find and a yearslong preservation process, experts identified the material as a 1,600-year-old purple fabric woven with gold threads. Its purple dye, now faded to a red ...
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Archaeologists Confirm Lost Estate of England’s Last Anglo-Saxon King
For centuries, historians speculated about the final residence of England’s last Anglo-Saxon king. The famous Bayeux Tapestry ...