Daily Mail27d
The REAL face of Henry VII? Experts to scan 500-year-old funeral effigy head to find out how medieval craftsman made it so lifelike
Henry VII's reign was a prosperous one ... rather than above ground in a tomb chest. Torrigiano designed the tomb effigies that can still be seen above ground. The gilt bronze figures lie atop ...
Westminster Abbey26d
Latest 3D technology reveals secrets of Henry VII's funeral effigy head
The tomb of Henry VII and Elizabeth of York in the Abbey's Lady Chapel ThinkSee 3D are using a method called photogrammetry to scan the effigy. Photogrammetry software converts multiple digital ...
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The Scandalous Sister Of King Henry VIII
No one can blame Margaret Tudor for being overshadowed by her famous brother, King Henry VIII. But in all honesty ... who discovered missing pharaoh’s tomb may have unearthed another ...
The quaint little market town that was the very first capital of England
The sleepy Wiltshire town you've probably never even heard of that claims to be the first ever capital of England and where ...
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10 Best New Games of February 2025
Can you believe we’re already out of February? Time flies by. So, while we head into March, let’s look back at some of the best new games of February 2025. Hopefully, we have a few new games for you ...
IanVisits26d
Unmasking Henry VII: Westminster Abbey investigates its lifelike effigy head to reveal its secrets
The funeral effigy head of Henry VII on display in the Abbey Galleries (c ... V&A’s contemporaneous terracotta bust of the king and his magnificent gilt-bronze tomb monument in the Lady Chapel at ...
Mansfield Chad26d
First ever Sherwood Forest Day also celebrates the man Major Oak is named after
During King Henry VIII’s reign and his dissolution of the Monastries ... and the excavation and protection of the Roman Villa at Pleasley Vale. At Major Rooke's tomb in St Edmund church are, Dennis ...
BBC26d
Henry VIII
Henry, the second son of King Henry VII and Elizabeth of York, was born on 28 June 1491 at Greenwich Palace. After the death of his elder brother Arthur in 1502, Henry became heir to the English ...
Daily Express25d
Archaeology breakthrough as tomb of missing pharaoh found for first time since Tutankhamun
The tomb of a missing pharaoh king has been found, in the first discovery of its kind since Tutankhamun more than a century ago. The huge archaeology breakthrough is thought to be the tomb of ...
Al Jazeera English25d
Thutmose II’s tomb is Egypt’s biggest archaeological discovery since 1922
Officials in Egypt say they have unearthed the resting place of King Thutmose II, marking what the government described as the very first major discovery since the tomb of King Tutankhamun was ...
BBC10d
Plans approved for Henry VIII castle attraction
The South Blockhouse project would celebrate the history of the former Hull Castle, which was built on the orders of Henry VIII between 1541 and 1543. Three large mesh structures would be ...