2+ hour, 20+ min ago  (705+ words) It is a book that records the 19th-century descendants of some of the most notorious troublemakers in naval history: the sailors responsible for the mutiny on the Bounty. Now, the Pitcairn Register " a handwritten volume that registered the births, marriages…...

10+ mon, 3+ week ago  (379+ words) Pyramids and monuments suggest Los Abuelos was a significant ceremonial site, archaeologists say Archaeologists have unearthed the remains of a Mayan city nearly 3, 000 years old in northern Guatemala, with pyramids and monuments that point to its significance as an important…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago  (1094+ words) The school's $100m project to examine its slave ownership in Antigua is mired with controversy as academics allege obstruction Christopher Newman remembers seeing campus police officers as he walked into a human resources office at Harvard University, but he didn't imagine…...

3+ day, 17+ hour ago  (340+ words) Fundraising under way to fix uneven floor at Dry Doddington's 14th century church as stone slabs shift A church in the Midlands that leans more than the Tower of Pisa is in need of more than "100, 000 in repairs to renovate its…...

4+ day, 4+ hour ago  (543+ words) Researchers identify wrecks at the bottom of the sea from as far back as fifth century BC, from Europe and beyond Spanish archaeologists exploring the bay that curves between the southern port of Algeciras and the Rock of Gibraltar have…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (588+ words) Archive is freely available online from 18 April, revealing the lives, occupations and secrets of 2. 9m people The first years of independent Ireland tend to be remembered, if at all, as a dreary monochrome of parochialism and conservatism. After the blazing dramas…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (652+ words) What is a favourite place if not one built upon our fondest memories? Read more in the Letters from series Would I like to write about my favourite place? The invitation inspired me to recall so many magical places " from…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago  (261+ words) A new book by historian Annette Gordon-Reed explores the former US president's writings on race throughout his life Jefferson on Race: A Reader is a collection of Jefferson's own writings, both personal and public, on race. The Guardian spoke with…...

6+ day, 11+ hour ago  (522+ words) 19 April 1976: The farms in St John's in the Vale settle comfortably into their places under the fell's edge KESWICK: There is still a shiver in the early morning air even though it is April and, today, as I leaned on…...

6+ day, 12+ hour ago  (458+ words) It is an elite list with some of the most significant and beautiful buildings and structures in England, including Battersea power station, Middlesbrough's Transporter Bridge and the London Coliseum. Research has revealed that Henry's Castle has the hallmarks of a…...