The Bayeux Tapestry should be renamed the “Canterbury Embroidery” because it was almost certainly made in Britain and is not technically a tapestry, a historian has revealed.

One of the UK’s largest and most important Iron Age finds – excavated by archaeologists at Durham University – has been saved ...

One of the UK's largest and most important Iron Age finds – excavated by archaeologists at Durham University – has been saved ...

Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr., who serves as the institution’s chancellor, has always emphasized procedure and avoided ...

Today, jet-powered plane travel is easy to take for granted. We’re used to that surge of speed along the runway that pins us ...

A collection of ancient gems linked to Buddha's remains has been repatriated to India after authorities slammed their planned ...

They wandered through the museum, listening attentively as their guide explained the antiquities in display cabinets. It ...

The 'Tryall' sank in 1622 when it struck uncharted rocks. It took centuries to find the rocks and the ship. Even today, ...

All life, including of course human life, is part of the network of ecological systems that we call nature and depends on it for survival. In primitive times, humans lived on the animals they could ...

The Blue Hour, the winner of our Good Books Summer Collection, is a gripping thriller about an artist whose husbannd dissapeared in mysterious circumstances.

Viktor Šimunić snap-snapped the metal latches on the security case shut to keep the precious book safe. It takes two people ...

Yes, Americans keep stereotyping us in ‘Oirish’ films – but why do we remain so eager to get annoyed about it?