John the Baptist’s Bones Found? Purported skeletal remains of John the Baptist have been dated to the first century A.D. and so could conceivably have belonged to the “forerunner... 6/19/12 0
Canadian Family Finds World War I Letter from a South Australian Girl It was September 5, 1915, and as Australian soldiers fought on the beaches of Gallipoli, thousands of kilometres away in South Australia – cocooned... 6/18/12 0
New South Wales – Civil War Treasures Emerge from Depths The State Library of New South Wales has found volumes of maps and plans of the American Civil War as it searches its seven levels of underground archives... 6/15/12 0
Nazi Dive Bomber Hoisted to the Surface After 70 Years at the Bottom of the Baltic German military divers are working to hoist the wreck of a Stuka dive bomber from the floor of the Baltic Sea, a rare example of the plane that once wreaked... 6/13/12 0
Rare Intact Skeleton of Unknown ‘British’ Soldier Found on Battlefield of Waterloo Among the thousands of men slain on the battlefield at Waterloo, he died, unrecognised and uncelebrated. But almost 200 years later, archaeologists have... 6/13/12 0
Shakespeare’s First Theatre Discovered in London Remains of the once lost Curtain theatre, which preceded the Globe as the venue which showcased Shakespeare’s work, have been found in East London.... 6/8/12 0
Doctor’s Report Found of Lincoln’s Shooting The first doctor to reach President Abraham Lincoln after he was shot in a Washington theater rushed to his ceremonial box and found him paralyzed, comatose... 6/7/12 0
Historian Finds Grandfather’s Missing WWI Medal for 99p on eBay A World War One medal that disappeared 30 years ago has been reunited with the soldier’s grandson – after he spotted it on eBay for 99p. Martin Robson... 6/1/12 0