Archaeologists from the Museum of London Archaeology have uncovered walls of the Curtain Theater, where Romeo and Juliet and Henry V were first performed by William Shakespeare’s company, the Lord Chamberlain’s Men. The theater opened in 1577, and was used by Shakespeare between 1597 and 1599, when the Globe Theater was completed. The building was […]

A hoard consisting of 140 gold and silver coins, a gold ring set with an engraved stone, a gold earring, and two silver sticks that may have held kohl, has been unearthed in Israel, near the city of Qiryat Gat. The treasures had been wrapped in a cloth and buried in a courtyard. Most of the […]