Basilica in Lake İznik to become underwater museum

Basilica in Lake İznik to become underwater museum

The remains of a nearly 1,600-year-old basilica that was discovered at the beginning of last year under Lake İznik (Greek Askania) in Turkey's northwestern province of Bursa is now set to become an underwater museum. The ancient underwater basilica in İznik (Nicaea) will soon be opened to tourism as a museum [Credit: DHA]The underwater museum project, approved by the Culture and Tourism Ministry, will be carried out by the Bursa... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Battle of Waterloo skeleton identified by historian

Battle of Waterloo skeleton identified by historian

The only complete skeleton from the Battle of Waterloo found in the last 200 years was discovered under a parking lot, and that's not even the most interesting thing about it. Belgian archaeologist Dominique Bosquet examines the remains of Friedrich Branft killed in the Battle of Waterloo [Credit: Reuters/Francois Lenoir]The skeleton belongs to a Hanoverian man with a hunchback, the archaeologists announced.... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Hubble finds phantom objects near dead quasars

Hubble finds phantom objects near dead quasars

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has photographed a set of wispy, goblin-green objects that are the ephemeral ghosts of quasars that flickered to life and then faded. Astronomers have found knots of dust and gas in "greenish blobs" in nine galaxies with bright active nuclei. The eerie structures have looping, spiral, and braided shapes. Hubble's images show that they are like the remnants of galaxy collisions [Credit:... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]