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A Rare Roman Phallus That May Have Been Used To Ward Off Evil Spirits Was Just Found In A Dutch Museum
23+ hour, 37+ min ago (655+ words) Province of GelderlandThough phalluses were depicted often in ancient Rome, it's rare to find one carved from bone. For decades, thousands of boxes of archaeological treasures have sat unopened in the Netherlands. Now, experts have started to sort through them....
The Remains Of A Medieval Gate With Two Imposing Guard Towers Were Just Found Under The Dutch Houses Of Parliament
1+ day, 23+ hour ago (728+ words) Tineke Dijkstra/Central Government Real Estate Agency of the NetherlandsThe foundations of the Spuipoort were uncovered during renovation work at the Binnenhof. Archaeologists have made a remarkable discovery amid ongoing renovations at the Binnenhof, a complex of government buildings in…...
Merle Oberon Was The First Asian Nominated For An Academy Award — But Nobody Knew Until After Her Death
2+ day, 20+ hour ago (1275+ words) Public DomainMerle Oberon in a 1935 issue of Spanish-language film magazine Cine Mundial. Merle Oberon was one of the leading Hollywood stars of the 1930s. She played heroines like Anne Boleyn and Catherine Earnshaw from Wuthering Heights, and she was even nominated…...
The Bizarre Story Of Polybius, The Video Game That Allegedly Hypnotized Players — Then Mysteriously Vanished
4+ day, 6+ hour ago (1117+ words) For decades, rumors have circulated of a strange game that supposedly appeared in several arcades around Portland, Oregon, in 1981. It was so unsettling that it allegedly caused seizures, hallucinations, and even mysterious disappearances. The game was called Polybius. Although there…...
A Metal Detectorist In Switzerland Just Found A Nine-Inch Bronze Axe That Dates Back 3,500 Years
5+ day, 23+ hour ago (436+ words) While walking through the dense woods near Burg im Leimental, Switzerland, a volunteer surveyor recently came across a bronze axe. This astonishing relic is believed to be some 3,500 years old "and archaeologists suspect that it may have been some kind…...
Divers Just Recovered The Shockingly Intact Cargo Of A 2,000-Year-Old Roman Ship From The Bottom Of A Swiss Lake
6+ day, 23+ hour ago (746+ words) Octopus FoundationDivers investigating some of the Roman cargo discovered at the bottom of Lake Neuch'tel. While checking up on the ecological health of lakes and certain submerged areas in Switzerland, officials noticed a strange shadow on the bottom of Lake…...
Sable Starr, The 'Queen Of The Groupies' Who Claimed To Be Involved With David Bowie, Mick Jagger, And Iggy Pop
1+ week, 1+ day ago (865+ words) A lot of people dream of being rock stars. Often, it's not the music that makes the idea so appealing, but the lifestyle. For some, the groupies are a big part of the allure, though like with many things about…...
Archaeologists In Germany May Have Just Identified The Oldest Handgun Ever Found In Europe
1+ week, 1+ day ago (735+ words) Prignitz DistrictThe bronze fragment of the "hand cannon" found near Germany's Kletzke Castle. When a volunteer archaeologist working near Kletzke Castle in Brandenburg, Germany spotted some fragments of bronze, he suspected that they could be important. But these bronze pieces…...
A Retired Firefighter Just Happened Upon A 1,900-Year-Old Roman Tombstone While Foraging For Wild Asparagus In Northern Italy
1+ week, 2+ day ago (732+ words) Superintendency of Archaeology, Fine Arts and Landscape for the provinces of Pisa and LivornoThe Roman tombstone found outside Livorno appears to date back to the 2nd century C.E. When Roberto Tessari recently hiked into the woods near Livorno, Italy, he was hoping…...
Archaeologists Have Just Uncovered What Might Be The Single Largest Mass Child Sacrifice In History
1+ week, 6+ day ago (943+ words) AFPResearchers believe the mass sacrifice was a ritualistic offering to the Chim's moon god, in order to ward off El Ni'o-related weather. Archaeologists in Peru have just discovered what is likely to be the largest mass child sacrifice site in…...