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Showing posts with label Archaeology. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Archaeology. Show all posts

Sunday, 10 January 2016

Inside London's 'Chamber of Secrets' 100ft beneath Clapham Common

Just like the chambers of secret in JK Rowlings Harry Potter Hogwart's school of Witchcraft and Wizardry, You won't believe there's a vast Chambers of Secret 100ft under London. It was hand-built to protect thousands of people from terrifying bombing raids by Nazi Germany during the Blitz in the Second World War.

But the existence of the underground shelter beneath Clapham Common remains a complete secret to the vast majority of Londoners, even those who walk above it every day.

Monday, 7 September 2015

Archaeologists unearth 4,500 year old giant stones in New Stonehenge


Experts in the United Kingdom have discovered a new monumental wonder from prehistory that has been overlooked for so long and it's just a mile away from Stonehenge monument that has mystified and enraptured archaeologist and visitors.

The new discovery was made by using sophisticated radar equipment towed by quadbikes. And it shows that the area around Stonehenge is littered with prehistoric sights of about 90 or more stones, lying 3ft underground, the giant stones dates back more than 4,500 years.

Sunday, 2 August 2015

UNITED STATES: Original colonial leaders discovered buried under the Church where Pocahontas was married..

 
Archaeologists have uncovered human remains of four of the earliest leaders of the English colony that became America under the floor of a Jamestown church.
The four leaders have been buried for more than 400 years near the altar of what was America's first Protestant church in Jamestown, Virginia.
Researchers were stunned to find one of the, identified as  Capt. Gabriel Archer, a vociferous critic and rival of Captain John Smith, was buried with Catholic artefacts, leading to claims he was part of a secret Catholic cell or a Spanish spy. 

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