One of the most bizarre popes of all time was ninth-century Stephen VII, who despised his predecessor Formosus so much that he had his rotting body dug up, dressed in papal robes and put on trial ...

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Both swords were found among the artifacts in their sheaths, and one of them was dubbed “without a doubt, the most spectacular object of the necropolis.” The handle and the front plate of the ...

Carbon dating, a key tool in archaeological research, has revealed that the earliest Greek inscriptions found on pottery date back to the ninth or even tenth century BC, pushing its origins back by at ...

Napoleon’s saber is the star pick in a 20-lot auction set to be hosted at Hôtel Drouot, a legendary auction venue in the 9th arrondissement ... a one-handed 15th-century sword estimated at ...

For centuries the coins and jewellery lay undisturbed, buried in the Herefordshire countryside by a Viking warrior in the Ninth Century. I have spent years following its journey from a hole in the ...

The exhibition also includes a never-before-displayed 11th-century sword from the time of the real King Macbeth, a copy of Shakespeare’s First Folio, and first editions of the key historical ...

Kendrapada: The ASI has discovered a Buddhist sculpture, dating back to 8th-9th century CE, from Parbata Panasura village, near Ratnagiri in Jajpur district. The stone sculptor of Vajrasattva ...

Prosecutor Adrian Foster told Teesside Crown Court Pilling, who could be jailed for 12 months, knew the 9th Century coins were stolen treasure and "instead of choosing to report a crime ...

He was convicted with a second man of conspiring to sell 44 ninth century coins worth £766,000 and jailed for five years and two months at Durham Crown Court in May 2023. Roger Pilling ...

Police seized from Nattapol his white MG pickup truck, registered in Bangkok, and a 25-inch sword sheath. Officers confirmed that he had tested positive for methamphetamine use. Nattapol was ...