This is interesting it’s a Celtic logboat which has recently been created by the National Trust. The boat was carved from a fallen oak tree much as it would have been when they were made 2,300 years ago. The 15ft boat floats and is able to carry people. It took 200 people 3 weeks to…
Category: History
8,000 Years of Cheese
I love cheese but haven’t really considered just how long we have been making it. The answer it seems is more than 8,000 years. Researchers have found that the first cheese making took place in Northern Europe in the 6th millennium BC. Research led by the University of Bristol has analysed fatty acids extracted from…
Roman Baths Found in Southwark
Proving that we can still find historical remains in unlikely locations, archaeologists have recently unearthed Roman baths in Southwark. The site is on the corner of Borough High Street and London Bridge Street and is on of the most significant finds in the area in recent years. The remains of the baths were found when…
Largest Ever Spider Fossil
As someone who is terrified of spiders, for me this is something out of a nightmare. It is the largest ever spider fossil ever found. Thought be around 165 million years old the spider would have had a six inch leg span. The fossil was a Golden Orb Weaver spider named Nephila jurassica and would…
The War Graves Photographic Project
This is an interesting idea, called The War Graves Photographic Project or TWGPP for short it is a project to photograph the last resting place of soldiers killed in the first world war. It then makes images of the grave available for relatives to view online. Volunteers have visited 23,000 cemeteries and churchyards in 150…
World’s Oldest Champagne
Divers have found what is thought to be the world’s oldest champagne. It is thought to pre-date the French Revolution and has been found on the Baltic seabed. 30 bottles of the Clicquot which was produced between 1782 and 1788 were found in a shipwreck on the Baltic seabed. It is thought the champagne could…
Oldest Leather Shoe
According to this article this could be the oldest leather shoe. It was discovered by archaeologists in a cave in Armenia. It is 5,500 years old and made of a single piece of leather shaped to fit the wearers foot. The shoe would have been quite small about a UK women’s size 5 but it…
Wine Fountain Unveiled at Hampton Court
This replica wine fountain has recently been unveiled at Hampton Court Palace. It is similar to those that would have been used by Henry V111 and has been created after the remains of a 16th century fountain were found at a archaeological dig at the palace in 2008. It stands 13ft high and is made…
Titanic Letter Sells for £55,000
A letter written by a passenger who was on board the Titanic has recently sold for a record £55,000. The letter was written by a man called Adolphe Saafeld and was addressed to his wife. The letter was written five days before the Titanic sunk. It gives a fair amount of information regarding the voyage…
Man Finds Dinosaur Bone in Garden
A man from Norfolk has found a dinosaur bone in his garden. He has had the bone in his rockery for many years thinking it was simply an unusual shaped rock. It was only when he sent it to the local museum to be identified that he found it was in fact a 135 million…