The Terracotta Army was discovered in Shaanxi province, China.
25th May 1977: The first Star Wars film is released in cinemas
25th May 2019
On the 16th February 1923, Howard Carter unsealed the burial chamber of the Pharaoh Tutankhamun.
The first professional archaeological excavation began in the Qumran Caves, the location of the Dead Sea Scrolls.
On the 26th November 1922, Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon entered the tomb of Tutankhamun in Egypt’s Valley of the Kings.
The 24th August AD 79 is traditionally believed to have been the eruption of Mount Vesuvius that wiped out numerous Roman settlements including Pompeii and Herculaneum.
On the 17th May 1902, an ancient analogue computer known as the Antikythera mechanism was first identified by Greek archaeologist Valerios Stais.
Cecil Chubb became the last private owner of Stonehenge, having bought the Neolithic monument at auction.
Often referred to as the ‘lost city of the Incas’, Machu Picchu was constructed in the middle of the 15th century but was abandoned barely a century later in 1572.
16th July 622: Start date of the Islamic calendar
16th July 2019
15th July 1834: The Spanish Inquisition disbanded
15th July 2019
13th July 1985: Live Aid is watched by 1.9 billion people
13th July 2019
11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed
11th November 2018
9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall
9th November 2017