12 April 2013
As crews work to renovate the Capitol Theatre they discovered a nearly 20-foot-tall, painted “Wall of Honor” listing names most likely compiled from Clearwater servicemen during World War I.10 April 2013
The remains of a British World War II aircraft known as “Whispering Death” have been rediscovered in Italy by a group of amateur researchers.
Documents from a secret World War I propaganda unit have been published after they were saved from a skip during a house clearance in Powys. The 150 articles in support of the war were penned by agents of Military Intelligence 7b (MI7b) from 1916-18.27 March 2013
Restoration workers have discovered nine secret crypts hidden under the ruins of Coventry's bombed cathedral. Work has been taking place after a crack appeared in part of the 14th Century ruins, in September 2011.22 March 2013
A sapphire ring found in a field by a metal detecting enthusiast is probably much older than originally thought and may have been owned by royalty, according to group of experts convened to examine the object.18 March 2013
First World War documents that the Government wanted destroyed have been found by a Herefordshire man. Jeremy Arter, from Callow, was clearing his aunt’s home in Talybonton- Usk, near Brecon, when he came across the archives.14 March 2013
For more than 100 years Titanic has gripped the imagination, with mysteries and unanswered questions aplenty. But now one of the doomed liner's most enigmatic secrets has been uncovered as experts say they are certain a water-stained violin discovered in an attic was from the ship.12 March 2013
Rare, historic photographs of Louis Riel and Manitoba, taken in the 1860s and 1870s, were found amongst civil war memorabilia at a recent auction in Australia.27 February 2013
A Viennese archaeologist lecturing in North Carolina this week claims to have identified the bones of Cleopatra's murdered sister or half-sister. But not everyone is convinced.19 February 2013
Archeologists have discovered a train graveyard off the coast of New Jersey, where two rare locomotives from the 1850s lay preserved under 90 feet of water. It remains a mystery how the two steam engines were sunk. There is no historical record of them ever being built and no record of them being lost.18 February 2013
An entire hoard of children’s toys, found at Market Harborough parish church, England. A charming stash of the everyday playthings of sixteenth or seventeenth century children, the hoard throws a rare spotlight on the material culture of children in the archaeological record.
The family of Cecil Leyland Riding already knew he was a war hero. He had, after all, been awarded the Military Cross for gallantry during World War Two. But what they didn't know was the true extent of his exploits, until now - thanks to the contents of a picnic basket found in his attic.
The previously unknown story of a compassionate WWI nurse who cared for wounded Germans despite her own brother dying on the battlefields has emerged for the first time.14 February 2013
The wooden box was stained from age and covered with tattered canvas that gave no hint of the forgotten secrets it held. At first glance, Kerry Conlin thought the plywood box was covering electrical wiring in the abandoned house in Kathryn that she and her husband, Paul, had bought to rescue from ruin.6 February 2013
A delicate pair of slippers that had been sitting unnoticed in a Scottish university's collection for more than a century may have actually belonged to Napoleon Bonaparte's sister, Princess Pauline Borghese, researchers say.Older Posts - page 2 of 25 - Newer Posts