Oldest tartan found to date back to 16th Century - A scrap of fabric found in a Highland peat bog 40 years ago is likely to be the oldest tartan ever discovered in Scotland, new tests have established. bbc.com Submitted by ArtOak t3_1238myl on March 27, 2023 at 2:39 AM in history 192 comments 4,761
When a builder found a dirty old boot under Hobart barracks, little did he know he'd stumbled upon rare treasure - Major find for early colonial history in Australia. abc.net.au Submitted by ArtOak t3_11agq95 on February 24, 2023 at 3:00 AM in history 37 comments 2,534
Researchers explore 300-year-old time capsule from pirate ship sunk off Cape Cod cbsnews.com Submitted by ArtOak t3_119hwan on February 22, 2023 at 11:40 PM in history 52 comments 1,988
Trove of spices from around the world found on sunken fifteenth-century Norse ship phys.org Submitted by ArtOak t3_10z7bgs on February 11, 2023 at 12:19 AM in history No comments 4
Viking warriors sailed the seas with their pets, bone analysis finds livescience.com Submitted by ArtOak t3_10sceu6 on February 3, 2023 at 5:39 AM in history 6 comments 116
Medieval Mixed-Gender Fight Club: Behold Images from a 15th-Century Fighting Manual openculture.com Submitted by ArtOak t3_10pqptr on January 31, 2023 at 6:22 AM in history 92 comments 1,335
Mysterious shipwreck identified as Dutch warship that sank after surprise attack in 1672 - identified as the Dutch warship Klein Hollandia cbsnews.com Submitted by ArtOak t3_10nrhm6 on January 28, 2023 at 10:29 PM in history 83 comments 4,528
Who Invented Paper? A new discovery at a long-neglected site suggests the ancient Egyptians used it more than 2,000 years before the Chinese newlinesmag.com Submitted by ArtOak t3_10kq7xi on January 25, 2023 at 4:39 AM in history 11 comments 276
Reassembling a 15th century ship: "The world's largest 3-D puzzle" cbsnews.com Submitted by ArtOak t3_10j6ui9 on January 23, 2023 at 7:33 AM in history 44 comments 2,618
The idea of ‘precolonial Africa’ is vacuous and wrong | When ‘precolonial’ is used for describing African ideas, processes, institutions and practices, through time, it misrepresents them. aeon.co Submitted by ArtOak t3_10b6itg on January 13, 2023 at 9:45 PM in history No comments 4
Conservation of Spanish Armada invasion maps reveals red ink details were added hundreds of years later theartnewspaper.com Submitted by ArtOak t3_10apbtk on January 13, 2023 at 8:25 AM in history 14 comments 620
The lost medieval sword fighting tricks no one can decode - No one knows how medieval knights really fought. bbc.com Submitted by ArtOak t3_104pkgr on January 6, 2023 at 9:08 AM in history No comments 0
DNA reveals large migration into Scandinavia during the Viking age theconversation.com Submitted by ArtOak t3_104jssm on January 6, 2023 at 3:46 AM in history No comments 4
ArtOak OP t1_j2qyr6x wrote on January 3, 2023 at 9:09 AM Reply to comment by ThatGIRLkimT in Ship from Elizabethan period found buried in quarry —— EARLIER IN 2022, CEMEX WORKERS DREDGING FOR AGGREGATES AT A QUARRY ON THE DUNGENESS HEADLAND, IN KENT, ENGLAND, FOUND THE REMAINS OF OLD TIMBERS FROM A SHIP, AROUND A QUARTER OF A MILE FROM THE KENT COASTLINE. by ArtOak Images Permalink Parent 1
Ship from Elizabethan period found buried in quarry —— EARLIER IN 2022, CEMEX WORKERS DREDGING FOR AGGREGATES AT A QUARRY ON THE DUNGENESS HEADLAND, IN KENT, ENGLAND, FOUND THE REMAINS OF OLD TIMBERS FROM A SHIP, AROUND A QUARTER OF A MILE FROM THE KENT COASTLINE. heritagedaily.com Submitted by ArtOak t3_100fhqr on January 1, 2023 at 8:41 AM in history 24 comments 144
How the Navy made a secret deal with the mafia to win WWII. — how Lucky Luciano and other mobsters helped secure New York's ports during World War II. nypost.com Submitted by ArtOak t3_zw283b on December 27, 2022 at 12:58 AM in history No comments 5
Drought encouraged Attila's Huns to attack the Roman empire, tree rings suggest phys.org Submitted by ArtOak t3_zn8kx2 on December 16, 2022 at 7:01 AM in history 145 comments 3,656
Woman’s name and tiny sketches found in 1,300-year-old medieval text | Old English name, Eadburg, repeatedly scored into manuscript had remained hidden for more than 12 centuries theguardian.com Submitted by ArtOak t3_zb2agk on December 3, 2022 at 12:04 AM in history 124 comments 4,663
Findings from 2,000-year-old Uluburun shipwreck reveal complex trade network phys.org Submitted by ArtOak t3_z92xjv on November 30, 2022 at 8:54 PM in history No comments 2,203
Medieval shipwreck discovered in Norway during hunt for WWII ammunitions - could be one of Norway's oldest shipwrecks has been found on the bottom of a lake near Oslo. livescience.com Submitted by ArtOak t3_z2z44z on November 23, 2022 at 8:08 PM in history 22 comments 739
Researchers in Galicia open 15th-century tomb to test Columbus link theory. Explorer is generally believed to have been born in Italy in 1451 but some argue he was in fact born in Spain theguardian.com Submitted by ArtOak t3_z2i20c on November 23, 2022 at 6:54 AM in history 116 comments 715
Origins of the Black Death identified. Multidisciplinary team studied ancient plague genomes mpg.de Submitted by ArtOak t3_yydou9 on November 18, 2022 at 7:02 AM in history No comments 2
How Centuries-Old Whaling Logs Are Filling Gaps In Our Climate Knowledge civilbeat.org Submitted by ArtOak t3_yspfz0 on November 11, 2022 at 10:40 PM in history 28 comments 2,398
Immodest Ideas: On Alain Badiou’s “The Immanence of Truths” dev.lareviewofbooks.org Submitted by ArtOak t3_ygw3t4 on October 29, 2022 at 9:58 PM in philosophy 18 comments 250
Unusual 120-Year-Old Whaleback Shipwreck Discovered in Lake Superior smithsonianmag.com Submitted by ArtOak t3_yffzkm on October 28, 2022 at 6:09 AM in history 88 comments 2,563
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