An Oxford-educated museum curator has provoked outrage by sharing expert advice on how to dissolve bronze statues using corrosive chemicals in the wake of the Black Lives Matter protests. Madeline Odent, curator of Royston Museum in Hertfordshire, sent a series of tweets last night to her 5,164 followers, which were then shared thousands of times. … Read more
Megan McKenna uploads racy Instagram snap showing off her toned bronze legs in TINY yellow shorts By Isabella Nikolic For Mailonline Published: 00:07 BST, 10 June 2020 | Updated: 00:08 BST, 10 June 2020 She has been keeping herself entertained on social media throughout lockdown. And Megan Mckenna uploaded her latest racy snap to Instagram … Read more
The largest ever haul of Bronze Age items unearthed in London has revealed insight into the beauty regime and lifestyles of Britons 2,900 years ago. A double-sided razor and a pair of tweezers discovered in London date back to around 900BC and form part of the Havering Hoard. They were both made from the copper … Read more
Archaeologists have uncovered the first evidence that human sacrifices were carried out on the British Isles after unearthing an ancient Briton alongside the body of his ‘shaman’. The Bronze Age chieftain was found with, valuable rugs, a horde of goods and a the body of a sitting shaman who may have been a human sacrifice at … Read more
A Bronze Age chieftain, valuable rugs, a horde of goods and a sitting shaman who may have been a human sacrifice have been found at a 4,000-year-old burial site. Archaeologists made the ‘unprecedented discovery’ during a dig in Lechlade, Gloucestershire, on the site of a future skatepark and memorial hall. This is the first evidence … Read more
Warriors duelling with bronze swords in the millennia before iron weapons were crafted employed sophisticated fighting methods, a study has found. Researchers assessed the dings and dents on 110 Bronze Age swords and used modern replicas and hand-to-hand combat to investigate the cause of the damage. They discovered evidence of fighting methods similar to those … Read more