Queen Eadgyth’s bones may have been found in Magdeburg Cathedral. Eadgyth was brother of Athelstan, thought to be the first King of England, and wife of Holy Roman Emperor Otto I. “In the Middle Ages bones were often moved around, and this makes definitive identification difficult,” explained Harald Meller of Bristol University.    Here’s a photograph […]

 The remains of a temple dedicated to the cat goddess Bastet have been uncovered in Alexandria, Egypt. It had been built during the reign of Queen Berenike, wife of Ptolemy III Euergetes. A stele bearing the image of a Maya ruler with a person at his feet has been discovered at the site of Lagartero […]