3+ day, 14+ hour ago   (447+ words) A centuries-old letter of recommendation from the king of France for William Wallace is set to go on display across the UK. The “Wallace letter” was written in 1300 by King Philip IV of France to his agents in the court…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (133+ words) events between 24 and 30 August were captured on The Independent’s front pages Explore how major events between 24 and 30 August were captured on The Independent’s front pages Three members of the so-called Guinness Four arrive in court to be sentenced for their…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago   (1262+ words) Oʻahu on December 7, 1941, martial law fell over the Hawaiian Islands. The military took control of the territory almost overnight. And the FBI, which had a list of suspects, began arresting...committed no crime. Within two years, in March 1943, the largest…...

2+ day, 49+ min 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,…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (422+ words) research has revealed what a man who lived through the Norman Conquest may have looked like, uncovering...testing, alongside a digital face reconstruction. The results from his DNA suggests he had substantial...burial in a Norman church then owned by…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (481+ words) Shijin Jiang pulled the precision binocular headband magnifier over her eyes and hunched down within a few inches of the ancient text resting on a light board. Using a pair of hand tools, Shijin carefully inspected the sheet made from…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (151+ words) 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...700-year-old skeleton found…...

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

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...silver coins bearing engravings of wrestlers from the era, shedding light on the life of…...

4+ day, 17+ hour ago   (393+ words) Authorities on Tuesday unveiled what is believed to be the largest fresco and mosaic complex of ancient Rome,...century AD depiction of a maritime city in what became the largest bath complex in the world. Mayor Robert Gualtieri presented the…...