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George Florescu discovers Vlad III Dracula's tomb in Snagov Monastery. The remains of 450 infants and 150 dogs dated to 165 BC–150 BC are found at the Athenian Agora; the infants are subsequently found to have died from meningitis and other natural causes. A statue of Tyche is uncovered at Prusias ad Hypium in Turkey.
The name Dracula, which is now primarily known as the name of a vampire, was for centuries known as the sobriquet of Vlad III. [7] [8] Diplomatic reports and popular stories referred to him as Dracula, Dracuglia, or Drakula already in the 15th century. [7] He himself signed his two letters as "Dragulya" or "Drakulya" in the late 1470s. [9]
Castle Dracula (also known as Dracula’s castle) is the fictitious Transylvanian residence of Count Dracula, the vampire antagonist in Bram Stoker's 1897 horror novel Dracula. It is the setting of the first few and final scenes of the novel.
Archaeologists stumbled upon a secret tunnel beneath a castle in Turkey near where Vlad the Impaler — also known as Dracula — is believed to have been held captive. The tunnel, located ...
An archaeologist believes he's uncovered Dracula's dungeon. While restoring the Tokat Castle in Turkey, a secret tunnel was discovered which led to two prison-like dungeons. It's believed one of ...
Tomb Discovered in Egypt May ‘Reconstruct History’ Lola L. Falantes - Getty Images Along the west bank of the Nile River, archaeologists discovered rock-cut tombs and burial shafts up to 3,600 ...
Howard Carter (squatting), Arthur Callender and an Egyptian workman, looking into the opened shrines enclosing Tutankhamun's sarcophagus in 1924. The tomb of Tutankhamun was discovered in the Valley of the Kings in 1922 by excavators led by the Egyptologist Howard Carter, more than 3,300 years after Tutankhamun's death and burial.
One dagger found in the tomb was made from iron that came from a meteorite, researchers said in 2016. Unlike other tombs excavated, Tut's was relatively intact, having survived thousands of years ...