1+ week, 6+ day ago   (732+ words) A group of students have discovered the remains of what is thought to be a medieval Viking church about 1,000 years old on an uninhabited Scottish island. The Gordonstoun pupils made the discovery on an archaeological field trip to Swona, a…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (422+ words) New research has revealed what a man who lived through the Norman Conquest may have looked like, uncovering new details about his life more than 1,000 years ago. Known as Conquest Man, his remains were analysed by researchers from English Heritage…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (151+ words) Could a 700-year-old skeleton found at Stirling Castle be the first victim of a trebuchet? The Independent Thank you for registering Please refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (428+ words) Finding considered one of the most important from time period between 5th and 4th century BC Excavations at the ancient city of Aspendos in Turkey have unravelled a trove of 2,400-year-old silver coins bearing engravings of wrestlers from the era, shedding light…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (804+ words) Standing beneath the spreading branches of a massive live oak, historian Garrison Marcoux tries to imagine what this scarred, struggling tree saw 245 years ago. Did one of the British soldiers encamped at this South Carolina crossroad near the end of…...

2+ day, 23+ hour ago   (104+ words) Homeowner discovers Denmark's biggest-ever Viking silver hoard while digging new patio. A homeowner digging a new patio discovered Denmark's biggest-ever haul of Viking silver. He initially thought his garden fork had struck a piece of old iron. Instead, he began…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (749+ words) Students and staff from Gordonstoun, a private school in Moray which the King attended, uncovered the remains A group of students from the school The King attended, have discovered the remains of what is thought to be a medieval Viking…...

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4+ week, 1+ day ago   (554+ words) When Wei Qing and his team drafted the application seeking UNESCO World Heritage status for Jingdezhen Handicraft Porcelain Industry Sites in Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province, in 2023, they soon realised that the city’s ceramic legacy could not be told through kilns and…...

1+ day, 23+ hour ago   (862+ words) Brits Michael and Christine Egan both died on the 103rd floor of the south tower on September 11, 2001. Now, 25 years on, Jonathan Egan has been working hard across the pond to make his Yorkshireman father proud The week the Twin Towers fell,…...