Sheffield Cross Sheffield Cross is an Anglo-Saxon Christian monument, now on display in the British Museum.The Cross has been dated to the early ninth century. It is believed to have stood on the future site of Sheffield Parish Church (now Sheffield Cathedral). The British Museum hypothesise that it may have been demolished in 1570 during the English Reformation. Another theory holds that it was originally from Derbyshire. Sheffield_Cross
Quedlinburg Abbey Quedlinburg Abbey ( or ) was a former house of secular canonesses in Quedlinburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Founded in 936 on the initiative of the widow of Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor, as his memorial, for many centuries it enjoyed great prestige and influence. Quedlinburg_Abbey
Roman technology Roman technology is the engineering practice which supported Roman civilization and made the expansion of Roman commerce and Roman military possible over nearly a thousand years. The Roman Empire had the most advanced technology of its time, some of which may have been lost during the turbulent eras of Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages. Roman_technology
Herbert Weld Blundell Herbert Joseph Weld Blundell (1852-1935) was an English traveller in Africa, archaeologist, philanthropist and yachtsman. He shortened his surname from Weld Blundell to Weld, in 1924. Herbert_Weld_Blundell
Babylon Babylon was a city-state of ancient Mesopotamia, sometimes considered an empire, the remains of which can be found in present-day Al Hillah, Babil Province, Iraq, about 85 kilometers (55Baghdad. It has been officially recognised as one of the first civilisations on earth. Babylon