The Agnus Dei coins, minted around 1009 by King Æthelred the Unready, are marked with a lamb pierced by a cross, symbolizing Christ's sacrifice. This design contrasts with contemporary English coins, which typically feature the king's portrait and a cross.
The researchers analyzed human remains at various grave sites in Germany and determined that two genetically distinct groups of people... intermarried and developed a shared culture, including a common burial method, after the fall of Rome in C.E. 476.
The findings, published today in Nature, rebut popular ideas of northern barbarian tribes overrunning Roman territory. Instead, they point to gradual genetic and cultural shifts that occurred through small-scale migration and intermarriage.
"I came across conflicting references to Bede's History in Rome, some pointing to its existence and some indicating it was lost. When its existence was confirmed by the library and the manuscript was digitised for us, we were extremely excited to find that the manuscript contained the Old English version of Caedmon's Hymn and that it was embedded in the Latin text."
The 'Long Room,' once used for gatherings, dances, and debates, later became the setting for one of the most emotional moments of the American Revolution: George Washington's farewell to his officers.
The richly bound volume is a 1555 edition of Polydore Vergil's Anglica Historia, a chronicle of English history originally commissioned by the queen's paternal grandfather, Henry VII.
"The popular conception of the ancient Maya society is that they underwent a major collapse. Archaeological investigations at Ucanal and elsewhere, however, show that there was not a collapse everywhere and that ancient Maya peoples resiliently reworked their governing systems."
If this Roman-era cult structure can be confirmed to be dedicated to the city god Pelusius, it would be a stunning example of the presence of a temple for a deity previously attested only in Classical sources.
Maxim Samson confronts different passages or roads built by humans and their varied and rich histories to offer us a first-class journey through the most interesting, influential, and controversial paths in history.
Marsden's introduction is very lucid, setting out the development of sculpture at court; royal involvement with sculptors; displaying sculpture in galleries, state rooms, libraries and gardens; and stewardship of the collection.
For 81 years, the USS Torsk held its claim to fame as the last US Navy submarine to sink an enemy ship in combat. Then, a US Navy submarine torpedoed an Iranian warship on March 4 as part of Operation Epic Fury, sinking an enemy ship for the first time since Torsk's World War II battle in 1945.