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Laocoon Sculpture 2The Laocoon, antique marble sculpture by Hagesander, Polydorus and Athenodorus, of Rhodes: it was rediscovered in a vineyard in Rome in 1506, and is now in the Vatican. Date: 1st century BCE
Theatre, A Cuckoo in the Nest 1925, NermanA scene from A Cuckoo in the Nest, a popular farce playing in London in 1925. Here, the impeccable husband is discovered by his wife and in-laws in a ladys bedroom (equally impeccable)
Alexandre YersinALEXANDRE EMILE JOHN YERSIN Swiss medical, associated with Roux, discovered plague virus, directed Pasteur Institute in Vietnam
Roman Bath, LondonRoman bath discovered in 1800 in Strand Lane, London
Nydam Viking ShipThe 007 Nydam ship, one of three vessels discovered in the 19th century, and dating from the late Iron Age. Preservation was aided by the ships peat bog deposit site
Badoit DiscoveredA druidess of Ancient Gaul, holding the sacred mistletoe, reveals to a group of warriors the spring which to this day gives us naturally sparkling BADOIT MINERAL WATER
Wilfrid Michael VoynichWILFRID MICHAEL VOYNICH Lithuanian bookseller who 1912 discovered a coded manuscript, still undeciphered, supposed by some to contain information of great occult significance
Extinct / Dinornis / Moadinornis giganteis - a reconstruction based on bones discovered
Valentine GreatrakesIrish healer who, after a dream in 1662, discovered that he could heal many ailments simply by passing his hands and stroking the patient
Melusine RevealedMelusines fairy nature is discovered by her husband, Raymond de Lusignan, and she has to leave him for ever
The Golden BoughThe GOLDEN BOUGH, discovered by Aeneas, was a focal point of Roman belief; for the full story, read Sir James Frazers multi-volumed investigation into its significance
Christopher Columbus (1451-1506). Engraving. ColoredChristopher Columbus (1451-1506). Explorer and navigator genoese. Columbus taking possession of the island of San Salvador. Engraving by Martin Rico after a painting of Isidro Gil
Bristol - Cabot Tower, Brandon Hill. The tower was built in the 1890s to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the journey of the Genoese explorer John Cabot from Bristol to lands which later became
Droitwich SpaThe Brine Baths at Droitwich Spa, Worcestershire; they were first discovered by the Romans
Sea monster discovered in British ColumbiaPossibly the last specimen that survived of Behrings sea cow (Rhytina Stelleri) discovered on the shores of the Henry Island, British Columbia
Alexandre-Henri MouhotHENRI MOUHOT French naturalist and explorer; discovered the ruins of Angkor in Cambodia in 1858
Vasco Nunez De BalboaVASCO NUNEZ DE BALBOA Spanish explorer Explored Colombian coast and discovered Pacific Ocean 1513
Gunpowder / DiscoveryGuy Fawkes is discovered under the House of Lords
Tuberculosis BacillusBacillus of tuberculosis, discovered by Koch, 1884
Sumerian Jewellery BcThe jewels of a Sumerian lady of the court, discovered during the excavations at Ur - evidence that feminine adornment was customary in the worlds oldest civilisation
Pithos (plural - pithoi) - a large ancient Greek storage container. Some very fine examples excavated from within the Minoan palace at Knossos on Crete. Date: circa 1920s
Unusual period lifeboat davit block, discovered in a Southampton salvage yard. 18 inches
RMS Titanic - Shipping Casualties report and letterRMS Titanic, Shipping Casualties report and letter from Matson Life Raft Company of Boston, USA. From a collection of documents and newspapers discovered at the old school of Sir Arthur Rostron
Courtaulds Courgette AdvertisementAn advertisement for Courtaulds Ltd, promoting Courgette, a very dainty crepe fabric with full surface weave. Image shows a stylish woman at a formal gathering with the quotation Joan dear
Three natives tying a gazelle carcass for transportationThis scene is from a journey across the Sahara taken by Lt D.R.G. Cameron of the Royal Scots. The caption says that the gazelle was a Dama's Gazelle a new subspecies discovered during
Cartoon, The Man who Discovered the First Brew - medieval types drinking beer. Date: 1930
Coffin of a daughter of King Canute, Bosham ChurchCoffin of a daughter of King Canute, discovered at Bosham Church, Sussex, on 4 August 1865 Date: 1865
St Agnes Place, Camberwell, south east LondonA terrace of houses in St Agnes Place, Camberwell, south east London, boarded up prior to demolition by Lambeth Council after the eviction of squatters, 19 January 1977
PETER, PAUL RETOMBEDThe bodies of saints Peter and Paul are discovered, and re- housed in the Vatican in a more suitable tomb. Date: 15th or 16th century
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EGYPT/ARCHAEOLOGY/MUMMIEMummies discovered by Denon, an orientalist attached to Napoleon's Egyptian expedition Date: circa 1799
Antique Roman mosaic discovered in Yverdon-les-bainsAntique Roman mosaic discovered in Orbe, near Yverdon-les-bains, Switzerland. Mosaic with man playing a lyre, with horse, lion, birds, etc. Antico Mosaico scoperto in Yverdun
Large marble mosaic discovered in Pompeii, October 24, 1801Large marble mosaic discovered near the Casa del Fauno, House of the Faun, Pompeii, October 24 1801. It shows a battle scene between two armies on horseback in chariots armed with lances
Polish Memorial, Cloth Hall, Ypres, BelgiumThe memorial, which is on an outside wall, commemorates the Polish Forces who liberated Ypres in September 1944. In September 2016 researcher Chris Lock discovered that three Polish soldiers were not
London Hippodrome posters revealed after air raidPosters for the London Hippodrome revealed after a bomb blast stripped away hoardings in October 1940. The poster dates from 1900 and in the centre is one for Miss Mary Arnotis
Ruins discovered, Whitcomb Street, LondonRuins discovered at the corner of Whitcomb Street, near Charing Cross, London, December 1821. 1821
The Lovers Discovered Hiding Place by Honore Fragonard
America - Joseph Hays Body DiscoveredJoseph Hays Body Discovered During The American War of Independence 1780
Jonathans Latest 1896Shade of Columbus (aside): " Had I forseen it would have come to this -Caramba! - I would never have discovered America
Sir William Ramsey (1852 - 1916), Scottish chemist who discovered the noble gases and received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1904
CHINA CLAY / DOCKYARDTransporting China Clay from Charlestown, near St Austell, Cornwall, to the docks. Discovered in the UK in the 1740s, St Austell is one of the main sources of China Clay. Date: 1930s
CHINA CLAY / UNLOADEDShooting a lorry-load of china clay into the hold of a waiting steamer. Discovered in the UK in the 1740s, St. Austell is one of the main sources of China Clay. Date: 1930s
TYPHUS BACILLUSTyphus bacillus, discovered by Eberth, 1880, and studied by Gaffky, 1884 - - left, infected intestine - right, culture
LAOCOON AND HIS SONSLaocoon, a priest of Apollo at Troy, is strangled, together with his sons, by serpents : this famous sculpture, probably 2nd century BC, was discovered at Rome in 1506
Coldbath House. From a view published in 1811. Now demolished, it was a privately run hydropathic establishment opened around 1700
Java Man or Pithecanthropus erectus (Homo Erectus erectus). Early human fossills discovered on island Java (Indonesia). Paleolithic
Peru / Massive Olmec HeadMassive Olmec head discovered at Lake Titicaca on the Peru- Bolivia boundary
Carl Auer WelsbachCARL AUER baron von WELSBACH Austrian chemist who discovered two rare-earth elements and invented the incandescent gas mantle. Date: 1858 - 1929