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U.S. officials return Ancient Greek coins to their home

Rare ancient coins confiscated during an undercover investigation into black-market coin trading in New York City are being returned to Gree ...

It was the best line, I agree. The only joke in a wearyingly bleak episode.

Moses Shapira, according to Wiki, was "a known purveyor of forged Semitic artefacts". He presented the scroll to the BM in 1883 as "a Bible-related artefact" allegedly found in a w ...

(there's still time if anyone's got any more):
a madman

It may be the explorers' linguistic skills didn't extend beyond big cat, little cat, etc. How many weeks/ months/ years did they stick around?

Just noticed the caption beneath the photo of the inscribed tile reads

Archaeological evidence of the legion's fate is scarce
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-12752497

'Fate', they say, rat ...

It's Rosemary Sutcliff's centenary year and her Eagle of the Ninth (published 1954) was mentioned on Twitter as part of World Book Day. It's not easy to find any evidence that the Ninth Legion actuall ...

Obscure? Humph.

The 'Water Newton Treasure', discovered in Cambridgeshire near the Roman town of Durobrivae is declared to be

the earliest group of Christian liturgical silver yet found in the Roman Empire.
Wiki ...

The 'Diamond Sutra' is, according to the British Library and therefore the world, "the earliest complete survival of a dated printed book."

A copy of the Tang-dynasty Chinese version of ...

I noticed that Doc Holiday was, among other things, a dentist. Is the use of toothpaste connected to the TB and polio viruses?

Foreign travel. Thomas Cook wasn't available to all at first. Restricted to those with money/connections, later came package deals to enable mass travel.

The one I like is the Mold Cape

The Mold cape is a solid sheet-gold object dating from about 1900–1600 BC in the European Bronze Age. It was found at Mold in Flintshire, Wales, in 1833.

http ...

Not only does medieval armour appear impractical. It's hard to imagine wearing some of the costumes apparently de rigueur in the High Middle Ages.

How can we know the costumes are authentic? It se ...

Whether the Count of Nieuwerkerke really was a sculptor is open to question. It is fairly unusual for large-scale sculptures to reportedly vanish but survive as copies

He took on official commiss ...

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Topic: COIN
Hatty Replies: 660 Views: 97761	Forum: NEW CONCEPTS Posted: 11:38 am Subject: COIN
Hatty Replies: 660 Views: 97761	U.S. officials return Ancient Greek coins to their home Rare ancient coins confiscated during an undercover investigation into black-market coin trading in New York City are being returned to Gree ...
Topic: AE on Telly News
Hatty Replies: 1240 Views: 157135	Forum: NEW CONCEPTS Posted: 6:57 pm Subject: AE on Telly News
Hatty Replies: 1240 Views: 157135	It was the best line, I agree. The only joke in a wearyingly bleak episode.
Topic: Forgery: Modus operandi
Hatty Replies: 360 Views: 61746	Forum: British History Posted: 10:29 am Subject: Forgery: Modus operandi
Hatty Replies: 360 Views: 61746	Moses Shapira, according to Wiki, was "a known purveyor of forged Semitic artefacts". He presented the scroll to the BM in 1883 as "a Bible-related artefact" allegedly found in a w ...
Topic: Matters Arising
Hatty Replies: 3469 Views: 565056	Forum: The History of Britain Revealed Posted: 4:37 pm Subject: Matters Arising
Hatty Replies: 3469 Views: 565056	(there's still time if anyone's got any more): a madman
Topic: Where are all the Neanderthals?
Hatty Replies: 433 Views: 135498	Forum: Pre-History Posted: 8:41 am Subject: Where are all the Neanderthals?
Hatty Replies: 433 Views: 135498	It may be the explorers' linguistic skills didn't extend beyond big cat, little cat, etc. How many weeks/ months/ years did they stick around?
Topic: All Things Roman
Hatty Replies: 267 Views: 76612	Forum: History Posted: 10:52 pm Subject: All Things Roman
Hatty Replies: 267 Views: 76612	Just noticed the caption beneath the photo of the inscribed tile reads Archaeological evidence of the legion's fate is scarce https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-12752497 'Fate', they say, rat ...
Topic: All Things Roman
Hatty Replies: 267 Views: 76612	Forum: History Posted: 10:44 pm Subject: All Things Roman
Hatty Replies: 267 Views: 76612	It's Rosemary Sutcliff's centenary year and her Eagle of the Ninth (published 1954) was mentioned on Twitter as part of World Book Day. It's not easy to find any evidence that the Ninth Legion actuall ...
Topic: All Things Roman
Hatty Replies: 267 Views: 76612	Forum: History Posted: 2:17 pm Subject: All Things Roman
Hatty Replies: 267 Views: 76612	Obscure? Humph.
Topic: All Things Roman
Hatty Replies: 267 Views: 76612	Forum: History Posted: 9:12 am Subject: All Things Roman
Hatty Replies: 267 Views: 76612	The 'Water Newton Treasure', discovered in Cambridgeshire near the Roman town of Durobrivae is declared to be the earliest group of Christian liturgical silver yet found in the Roman Empire. Wiki ...
Topic: Meetings with Remarkable Forgeries
Hatty Replies: 706 Views: 89227	Forum: British History Posted: 7:46 am Subject: Meetings with Remarkable Forgeries
Hatty Replies: 706 Views: 89227	The 'Diamond Sutra' is, according to the British Library and therefore the world, "the earliest complete survival of a dated printed book." A copy of the Tang-dynasty Chinese version of ...
Topic: Pandemics Do Not Exist
Hatty Replies: 32 Views: 631	Forum: Health Posted: 11:49 pm Subject: Pandemics Do Not Exist
Hatty Replies: 32 Views: 631	I noticed that Doc Holiday was, among other things, a dentist. Is the use of toothpaste connected to the TB and polio viruses?
Topic: Pandemics Do Not Exist
Hatty Replies: 32 Views: 631	Forum: Health Posted: 3:02 pm Subject: Pandemics Do Not Exist
Hatty Replies: 32 Views: 631	Foreign travel. Thomas Cook wasn't available to all at first. Restricted to those with money/connections, later came package deals to enable mass travel.
Topic: Inventing History : forgery: a great British tradition
Hatty Replies: 2279 Views: 301364	Forum: British History Posted: 10:51 am Subject: Inventing History : forgery: a great British tradition
Hatty Replies: 2279 Views: 301364	The one I like is the Mold Cape The Mold cape is a solid sheet-gold object dating from about 1900–1600 BC in the European Bronze Age. It was found at Mold in Flintshire, Wales, in 1833. http ...
Topic: Inventing History : forgery: a great British tradition
Hatty Replies: 2279 Views: 301364	Forum: British History Posted: 12:09 am Subject: Inventing History : forgery: a great British tradition
Hatty Replies: 2279 Views: 301364	Not only does medieval armour appear impractical. It's hard to imagine wearing some of the costumes apparently de rigueur in the High Middle Ages. How can we know the costumes are authentic? It se ...
Topic: Inventing History : forgery: a great British tradition
Hatty Replies: 2279 Views: 301364	Forum: British History Posted: 10:50 pm Subject: Inventing History : forgery: a great British tradition
Hatty Replies: 2279 Views: 301364	Whether the Count of Nieuwerkerke really was a sculptor is open to question. It is fairly unusual for large-scale sculptures to reportedly vanish but survive as copies He took on official commiss ...