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Burial mounds at Gamla Uppsala, Sweden. Legend has it that three Norse gods - Odin, Thor, and Freyr - were buried under each and the site where the Temple of Uppsala once stood was sacred to them. Excavations of the mounds and site in the...

This is a dedication to the god Haldi, the supreme god of the Urartians, from a temple built by Menua, son of Ishpuini, king of Urartu (reigned 810-786 BCE). It is written in Urartian cuneiform writing. From Toprakkale or Van, Eastern Anatolia...

Detail of the bronze casing of the Balawat gate. From Balawat (Imgur-Enlil), northern Mesopotamia, Iraq. Neo-Assyrian Period, reign of King Shalmaneser III, 858-824 BCE. (Ancient Orient Museum/Istanbul Archaeological Museums, Istanbul, Turkey...

Detail of the bronze casing of the Balawat gate. From Balawat (Imgur-Enlil), northern Mesopotamia, Iraq. Neo-Assyrian Period, reign of King Shalmaneser III, 858-824 BCE. (Ancient Orient Museum/Istanbul Archaeological Museums, Istanbul, Turkey...

This clay tablet is a letter from Shamash-shum-ukin, the Assyrian crown prince of Babylon, to his father Esarhaddon, the king of Assyria. It concerns treasonable activities in Babylonia. Circa 670 BCE. From Nineveh, Mesopotamia, modern-day...

A surprising discovery was made in Gongju, Chungcheongnam-do on July 8, 1971. From the tomb of King Muryeong, several important national treasures were excavated, and moreover, it was the first ancient tomb that has been positively identified...

YouTuber Tom Scott has flown drones through lightning, he’s taken on the first human-powered theme park, he’s even visited Penistone. But he’s never taken on a British Museum curator in the world’s oldest playable board game… UNTIL NOW...

Exhibition curator Nigel Tallis introduces The horse: from Arabia to Royal Ascot. A free exhibition at the British Museum until 20 September 2012.

Related exhibition: Haremhab, The General Who Became King November 16, 2010—July 4, 2011 Geoffrey Thorndike Martin, Edwards Professor of Egyptology and Philology Emeritus, University College London, and Fellow Commoner, Christ's College...

Did you know that the Spanish Armada was defeated as much by storms as by the English navy? This video is all about King Philip II of Spain’s Enterprise of England, and his defeat at the hands of The Royal Navy of Elizabeth I of England in...