As ancient humans left Africa, they encountered many harsh environments including the Sahara and the high Arctic, but one of ...

Archaeologists and academics warn that pseudo-archaeology, fake or sensationalized claims about the past—undermines real ...

Many memories of British rule remain etched in Bengal's history. One such historic landmark is the Amjhupi Nilkuthi (indigo ...

Priced at only $30, a collection of rings and medallions discovered in a thrift store in Chilliwack, Canada, has been donated ...

An agriculturalist by training and a marketer by profession, Geoff lives in Fen Drayton, where he tries to tame a five-acre ...

The pieces include 11 rings and two medallions, and based on the shapes, designs and construction, Higgins believe they ...

A whole library’s worth of papyri owned by Julius Caesar’s father-in-law were turned to charcoal by the eruption of Vesuvius.

Thrift shops are known for selling second-hand items, but there are some hidden gems under those piles of stuff. People have spotted valuable finds, from an 1823 edition of the Declaration of ...

The large relief is one of only two known pieces of art that depict illustrations of the seasons. Now it’s gone.

A doodlebug brought down by British troops during the Second World War is being excavated after more than eight decades.

How did an ancient Roman tombstone end up buried in a New Orleans back garden? An accidental discovery became an ...

The largest hoard of gold coins from the British Iron Age, consisting of 933 pre-Roman coins, has been discovered in Essex.