BRUSSELS (AP) — Royalty, dignitaries and soldiers commemorated the 1815 Battle of Waterloo on Thursday, a watershed moment in European history that marked the end of the continent’s domination by ...

A British-led archaeological dig has uncovered new human bones at the site of the Battle of Waterloo in Belgium. Historians estimate that more than 20,000 soldiers were killed at Waterloo, 12 miles ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Waterloo Uncovered members Clive (left) and Rod uncover the skeleton of an ox at the battlefield site - Chris van Houts/PA An ...

Archaeologists have uncovered amputated limbs from the site of a field hospital used in the Battle of Waterloo. Researchers were using metal detectors at the Belgian battle site when they found what ...

An extremely rare ‘bicorne,’ or 2-pointed hat, that was worn by Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo was sold at auction in France for $325,000 on Monday. The hat went under the hammer for €280,000 ...

It is common knowledge that at “Waterloo, Napoleon did surrender.” And the fact that the ABBA song is best known around the world in its English iteration is the outcome of the Battle of Waterloo ...

The new Ridley Scott movie Napoleon aroused some thoughts regarding the Battle of Waterloo, so famous in history and so well depicted in the movie, despite the film’s many historical inaccuracies. At ...

Human limbs more than 200 years old have been excavated from the bloodstained Battle of Waterloo fields. Archaeologists digging at the site of a former field hospital have discovered the remains of ...

The bones of the fallen English soldiers at the Battle of Waterloo were sold as fertilizer, a new study has suggested. The study, which was published June 17, nearly 207 years to the day after the ...

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