Astrotoy7 Posted July 21, 2010 Author Share Posted July 21, 2010 As I recall, it was a source of great annoyance to Tolkien that hundreds of years of British, more specifically English, history had somehow managed to disappear from the popular consciousness to be replaced by tales of chivalry of a very different quality to the events and culture of the time. Somehow? It's no mystery that French/European literary heroes and their European values seeped into the British Isles after the Norman Invasion and the Angevin-Plantagenet Dynasty. It is harder for History not to be biased after such an event, surely! mtfbwya Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabretooth Posted July 29, 2010 Share Posted July 29, 2010 This thread ended up lost and forgotten? My, I am shocked and appalled! HMS Investigator Wreckage Discovered The historic ship whose crew discovered Canada’s Northwest Passage has been found 155 years after it was abandoned and sank in this oft-frozen Arctic bay atop isolated Banks Island. The wreck of HMS Investigator was detected in shallow water within days of Parks Canada archeologists launching their ambitious search for the 422-tonne ship from this chilly tent encampment on the Beaufort Sea shoreline. Source How the Arctic search team found HMS Investigator Wikipedia on HMS Investigator Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ztalker Posted July 30, 2010 Share Posted July 30, 2010 ^Oh, awesome Sabre. It was quite an amazing time in human history with all those awesome ships around. And the discovery beneath ground zero was amazing as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prime Posted July 30, 2010 Share Posted July 30, 2010 Franklin search vessel found in Arctic Arctic archaeologists have found the ship that forged the final link in the Northwest Passage and was lost in the search for the Franklin expedition. The HMS Investigator, abandoned in the ice in 1853, is in shallow water in Mercy Bay along the northern coast of Banks Island in Canada's Western Arctic. "The ship is standing upright in very good condition," Marc-Andre Bernier, Parks Canada's head of underwater archaeology, said Wednesday. "It's standing in about 11 metres of water. "This is definitely of the utmost importance. This is the ship that sailed the last leg of the Northwest Passage." On shore, not far from the wreck, are what scientists believe are the graves of three British sailors. http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/100728/national/arctic_investigator_discovery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Litofsky Posted July 31, 2010 Share Posted July 31, 2010 Not a news link, but rather a Youtube clip. (clicky) It may be out of order, but dammit this is sheer awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astrotoy7 Posted July 31, 2010 Author Share Posted July 31, 2010 cool stuff Prime @Litofsky.. you seem to be more interested in current affairs than History/Archaelogical news Here's an interesting one: Sword of Robert The Bruce sells for $17,000 Robert I was King of The Scots during the early 14th Century. Those who have seen Braveheart may remember the scenes with William Wallace and the Young Robert I. Unfortunately, it was sold into a private collection, so this pic below is probably the closest you'll get to it anytime in the near future It carries an Imperial crown and a crowned lion rampant between the inscription ‘Pro Rege Et Regno Anno 1331′, and on the other with a similar panel enclosing one of the devices of the Douglas family, a wild man (wodewose) with a heart on his left breast between the inscription ‘For Strength In Stier This [the heart] I Bier’ (for strength in battle this heart I bear). source: The History Blog <<... If you like History, this is a great blog to follow mtfbwya Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prime Posted August 10, 2010 Share Posted August 10, 2010 Robot to explore mysterious tunnels in Great Pyramid "For 4,500 years, the Great Pyramid at Giza has enthralled, fascinated and ultimately frustrated everyone who has attempted to penetrate its secrets. Now a robotics team from Leeds University, working with Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities, is preparing a machine which they hope will solve one of its enduring mysteries." http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/robot-to-explore-mysterious-tunnels-in-great-pyramid-2046506.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prime Posted August 20, 2010 Share Posted August 20, 2010 Shackleton’s whiskey thawed after 100 years In 2006, a team from the New Zealand Antarctic Heritage Trust found a crate of ‘Mackinlay’s Rare Old Highland Malt Whisky’ under the floorboards of Shackleton’s hut at Cape Royds on Ross Island, Antarctica. The whiskey was buried in solid ice along with 4 crates of brandy. Shackleton had brought the liquor with him on his 1907 Nimrod expedition and left it behind when he went home in 1909. Case released from ice under hutWhiskey connoisseurs got excited because the original recipe for this particular brew is lost, and given the optimal preservation conditions of Antarctic freeze, this could be the resurrection of a historical liquor. Gratification had to be delayed, however. The crate was frozen solid, embedded in the ice. It wasn’t until just a few months ago that the ice melted just enough for the crate of whiskey, still frozen solid, to be taken out. It was sent to the Canterbury Museum in Christchurch, New Zealand, for very gradual defrosting and very ginger analysis. http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/7124 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Lion54 Posted August 21, 2010 Share Posted August 21, 2010 Robot to explore mysterious tunnels in Great Pyramid "For 4,500 years, the Great Pyramid at Giza has enthralled, fascinated and ultimately frustrated everyone who has attempted to penetrate its secrets. Now a robotics team from Leeds University, working with Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities, is preparing a machine which they hope will solve one of its enduring mysteries." http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/robot-to-explore-mysterious-tunnels-in-great-pyramid-2046506.html Known as the Djedi project, after the magician whom Khufu consulted when planning the pyramid... No wonder no one can penetrate its secrets! It was built using a Djedi Mind Trick! sorry... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astor Posted October 7, 2010 Share Posted October 7, 2010 Let's get this thread alive and kicking again! Rare Roman Helmet Auctioned for £2m Sad that it might not be kept where it was found, but I hope it at least ends up in another museum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabretooth Posted October 7, 2010 Share Posted October 7, 2010 THIS LAND IS ROMAN! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prime Posted October 8, 2010 Share Posted October 8, 2010 That whole thing is an amazing story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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