The Battle of Hastings Brought to Life in Stunning Animation: 1066

Join us as we take you on an epic journey through the Battle of Hastings, one of the most pivotal moments in English history. Our 3D animated documentary brings the medieval conflict to life, with stunning animation, realistic battle reenactments, and expert narration. Follow the events leading up to the historic battle between William the Conqueror and Harold Godwinson in 1066, and learn about the key players and tactics that shaped the outcome. Immerse yourself in the story of the Norman Invasion and its impact on Anglo-Saxon England. Perfect for history buffs and fans of medieval warfare alike. Don't miss out on this informative and visually stunning animation about the Battle of Hastings.

Ancient Egyptians - Pharaohs - Real Faces Recreation

Another face recreation project focusing on ancient Egypt on some of its pharaohs and even normal people. This was done with the effort by observing the statues and separating myths, misconceptions from reality. Enjoy!

How the British Monarchy Has Survived For So Long

It's a 1,200-year-old institution that has weathered wars, disease, and everything in between. But why has the British monarchy survived when so many others have faltered? The modern British monarchy can trace its roots back centuries, to the period when the island of Great Britain was a collection of disparate kingdoms in England, Scotland, and Wales. That changed over time, as these kingdoms consolidated into a single monarchy.

Why does the British monarchy still exist?

Warrior Societies of Bronze Age Europe

Could these warriors be related in some way to the Sea Peoples? And if so were they to blame for the Bronze Age Collapse?

Bronze Age mercenaries emerged in Europe in the 13th century BC. These men were part of a new highly mobile warrior class, equipped with innovative weapons and armour. They came from as far afield as Scandinavia, central Europe, Italy and the Balkans and they took service across Europe but especially in Mycenaean Greece, the eastern Mediterranean and even beyond.

Their emergence heralded a new militarism in Europe which immediately preceded the devastation of the twelfth century BC

Quetzalcoatlus | The Largest Animal To Ever Fly In North America

We all know that T. Rex was the king of land during the Late Cretaceous, while Mosasaurus was the king of the oceans. However, there was a third king, who ruled not land nor sea, but the sky, it was the Quetzalcoatlus. It was a giant pterosaur so mighty, that it was named after an Aztec God. It had a wingspan larger than a small plane, was taller than 3 people stacked on top of eachother, and had a taste for baby dinosaurs, making it one ferocious prehistoric beast.

Azores: The green wonder of Atlantic

Azores - an extremely green and isolated place, with a unique climate and ecstatic scenery.

In this episode we will travel to San Miguel, Faial, Flores Islands and see what the largest endemic collection of plants and birds in the world looks like. Enjoy!

Russell's Paradox - a simple explanation of a profound problem

This is a video lecture explaining Russell's Paradox. At the very heart of logic and mathematics, there is a paradox that has yet to be resolved. It was discovered by the mathematician and philosopher, Bertrand Russell, in 1901. In this talk, Professor Jeffrey Kaplan teaches you the basics of set theory (a foundational branch of mathematics dating back to the 1870s) in 20 minutes. Then he explains Russell’s Paradox, which is quite a thrilling thing if you are learning it for the first time. Finally, Kaplan argues that the paradox goes even deeper than Russell himself realized.

Joe Rogan: Secret Mammoth Boneyard Discovered Mining For Gold

Joe Rogan and John Reeves discuss how John found the boneyard that has yielded him thousands and thousands of bones, tusks, and skulls, all from prehistoric creatures 12,000 - 20,000 years ago.

John Reeves is an Alaskan gold miner who first came to public prominence on the 2012 National Geographic docu-series "Goldfathers." More recently, his ongoing search for gold uncovered the remains of thousands of Ice Age animals lying beneath the permafrost on his property. The discovery is featurted in the 2019 documentary "Boneyard Alaska".

Dark Secret Discovered Deep Within Belize's Great Blue Underwater Hole

An August 2018 expedition into a huge marine sinkhole in Belize became famous as "proof that humans are terrible."

According to the New York Post, the recently-viralized Great Blue Hole, which is around 124 meters (407 feet) deep and 318 meters (1,043 feet) broad, is a well-liked tourist destination off the coast of Belize. Due to technological difficulties, the site remained mainly underutilized until 2018.

The crew led by billionaire Richard Branson was the first to reach the bottom of the pit, and the findings there have since gained widespread attention as "proof that humans are terrible," according to NYP. The researchers found that around the 90-meter mark, life began to disappear as it made its way further into the pit.

The team gradually understood why everything was dying as they descended further down the hole: it was full of trash. It seems that everything was there, including a GoPro camera, a two-liter Coca-Cola bottle, and even the bodies of two divers who had perished on an earlier excursion.

Branson claimed the crater was "one of the starkest reminders of the danger of climate change [he] had ever seen" for some unknown reason, the NYP reported.

Why Branson thinks the hole has anything to do with climate change is a mystery. Not at all. The hole is thought to have developed at some point over the past 14,000 years, a time of enormous climatological fluctuations that would cause any self-proclaimed climate activist to faint in fright.

Other than that, the garbage inside the hole has nothing to do with global warming. Branson might have meant to remark that it represents a type of "environmental degredation." But let's be honest, the garbage in the pit will only be found in ancient artifacts, thus it has no bearing on the climate.

Source: https://dailycaller.com/2023/08/02/great-b...

UK experts worry that the UAE will gain access to the Cotswolds ice age mammoth site

Leading palaeontologists and archaeologists in Britain are warning that one of the country's most important palaeolithic sites is in danger because there is not enough law to safeguard it.

Fearing that important evidence at a site in the Cotswolds would be permanently lost to the UK, they are seeking for amendments to the law.

The discovery of ice era mammoths there in a remarkable condition of preservation in 2021 excited Sir David Attenborough and other specialists.

At Cerney Wick, close to Swindon, extensive remains of at least one juvenile, two young adults, and six fully mature adults, which roamed 200,000 years ago, were discovered with weapons used by Neanderthals, who most likely hunted these massive monsters.

Since only a small portion of the huge site, a gravel quarry, had been investigated, much more was anticipated to be discovered during additional digs.

The top experts from universities and national museums were getting ready to return and had even applied for the requisite grants when they discovered that the quarry owner had barred them.

DigVentures, a group of archaeologists that offers possibilities for the public to participate in excavations, excavated the site in 2021 and worked with top authorities to coordinate the study and research.

At the time, co-founder Lisa Westcott Wilkins commended Hills Quarry Products, the owners of the quarry, for giving them as much time as they required. The business also stated: "We will continue to support future investigations."

The Observer has now seen a letter from Hills Quarry Products dated July 18 2023 informing DigVentures that access to the site "will no longer be available" and that they are "formally requesting" the return of finds.

It was eventually impossible for Westcott Wilkins' organisation to stop the site from being excavated, she told the Observer, adding that "better protection for these sites is paramount."

She lamented the possibility that future discoveries could be destroyed in the absence of legislation that would forbid it. Since export licenses do not apply to bones unless they have been altered by human hands or are obviously cultural artefacts, it would be challenging to execute them in this situation. Five tusks, among other potential finds, are already visible among the layers, according to her.

The request to return the already discovered artifacts is met with skepticism by the participating archaeologists. The remainder is in conservation, with one tusk on exhibit in the Bristol Museum. Building a public outreach facility to display the remainder of the collection had also been discussed.

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) may be connected to the most recent developments, according to sources in the archaeological world who spoke to the Observer. The UAE may be seeking to acquire more mammoth remains and Jurassic fossils for the new Natural History Museum Abu Dhabi. The UAE has been buying exhibits, including spending $31.8 million on a Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton in 2022.

The UAE Department of Culture and Tourism was contacted by The Observer for comment. Hills Quarry Products, the site's owner, declined a request for comment.

The flooded quarry may have been emptied in advance of what some archaeologists worry will be a hurried search for treasures, according to a drone photo taken last Sunday.

We have five significant universities as a part of our research partnership because the location is so complicated and challenging, according to Wilkins Westcott. You need that level of skill to properly handle this.

When a stone hand axe from a Neanderthal first surfaced, DigVentures was contacted to take the helm of the first thorough examination of the location. Sally and Neville Hollingsworth, two amateur fossil hunters, made the initial discovery of the mammoth bones.

Prof. Ben Garrod, an evolutionary biologist, referred to the location as "one of the most important discoveries in British palaentology" in 2021. Other ice-age giants' remains, including those of bison, elks, and bears, as well as fossilized seeds, pollen, and plants, including some that are extinct, were also found during the excavations. These discoveries could reveal a lot about the environment at the time as well as how our Neanderthal ancestors lived during a prehistoric period about which little is known.

Attenborough and the Mammoth Graveyard, a BBC One documentary that included Sir David and Garrod filming the excavation alongside archaeologists, detailed the remarkable discovery. Millions of people watched the program internationally.

Garrod stated this weekend to the Observer that it takes a long-term, collaborative effort involving numerous stakeholders, driven by expert knowledge and experience, to fully understand the context when looking at something so complex, where finds range from the microscopic to, quite literally, mammoth in size.

"To lose a site like this now, just as it's starting to reveal its secrets, would be devastating — not just for understanding what happened there 25,000 years ago, but also for determining how climate change will affect our environment in the present and the future."

Prof. Adrian Lister, a palaeobiologist at the Natural History Museum in London and the foremost mammoth expert in the UK, stated that the site might show the last phases of the evolution of the woolly mammoth, one of the most famous ice age creatures. We require a carefully monitored excavation and the preservation of the remains on site for future research.

No further digging would be governed by Historic England, one of the organizations that provided money for the initial excavation. "Historic England's role is to protect our built heritage, which also includes archaeological sites," said Mel Barge, its inspector of ancient monuments in the south-west. According to what we currently understand, these remnants are not protected as scheduled monuments because there is no structure there or undeniable proof that human activity shaped them.

The issue is that it takes primary legislation and we just never reach the point of being a substantial priority for government with limited parliamentary time, according to archaeologist and former director of the Council for British Archaeology Mike Heyworth. The value of Cerney Wick is seriously threatened by this.

Source: https://uk.news.yahoo.com/uk-experts-fear-...

German Navy Finds a 400-Year-Old Sunken Ship with "High-Quality Wine"

Archaeologists in Germany found a 400-year-old lost ship that was filled with "high-quality wine," according to media reports. The wreckage was initially discovered in 2022 in the bottom of the Trave River, which flows through the Baltic Sea to Germany. According to reports, archaeologists have found that the German wrecked ship is distinct from other nearby ancient shipwrecks.

A stock photo of a shipwreck.

Some of the oldest wines in the world were discovered as a result of the most recent development in the ongoing salvage of the vessel since its discovery last year. The passengers of the ship's precise identification is still unknown. The recent discovery, which presumably sailed during the Age of Exploration or the Age of Discovery, which lasted from the 15th to the 17th century, could, nevertheless, aid archaeologists in understanding the purpose of the vessel.

Germany Sunken Ship

In the German city of Lubeck, which is located along the Baltic Sea, archaeologists have discovered over 450 pieces of wood from the shipwreck since June. Local politicians debated whether or not to salvage the ship's wreckage despite the fact that it was discovered last year, according to a report in the German newspaper Die Welt, which was published by Newsweek.

After getting the all-clear, archaeologists discovered not only fine wine but also information about the ship's purpose as a commerce ship. According to the report, the vessel's owner and provenance are still unknown at this time.

Records of world shipwrecks

Regardless of whether the disaster spans from the disastrous RMS Titanic in 1912 to old wrecks dating back several centuries, sunken ships have sparked curiosity and attracted some brains in the modern world. Nevertheless, since these phenomena were thought to contain treasures and a window into the past, they drew not only inquisitive minds but also scientific ones.

According to Marine Insight, several historical maritime accidents are depicted as tales of lost ships with their forlorn passengers and bereaved crew in the middle of oceans and seas. These ships have sunk for ages for a variety of reasons, including human error, severe weather, ferocious seas, and others.

NASA maintains the Global Maritime Wrecks Database with information on over 250,000 shipwreck locations to display the time, place, and flagship of the stricken vessel. Beginning in January 1970, recording began.

Protected Items

According to prior events, the public has long been drawn to potential treasure troves when ships are discovered. Since they can be preserved underwater, some of these riches, whether they have monetary value or are antiquities, could endure for a very long period.

The Ocean Institute, cited by the University of California, San Diego, states that artifacts found in a saltwater environment are often well-preserved but in brittle conditions. The institute stressed that anaerobic (without oxygen) marine conditions are preferable to aerobic (with oxygen) habitats for the preservation of artifacts found underwater.

Source: https://www.natureworldnews.com/articles/5...