The auction house listing describes the Egyptian head as being radio-carbon dated to between 750 and 800 BC, adding that it came from a private collection.It says the head ...

The Major Oak is thought to have stood for more than 1,000 years in the heart of Nottinghamshire's Sherwood Forest. Source link

Instead of throwing away byproducts of food processing, fermentation is making them valuable. Source link

Bristol Water is using ancient hedge laying techniques to improve biodiversity near Blagdon lake. Source link

It would be the first hard evidence that elephants were used in battle by General Hannibal. Source link

Scientists say seven skeletons found in a mass grave in Croatia were most likely Roman soldiers who lived 1,700 years ago.The male skeletons, all with various injuries, were found ...

The Metropolitan Museum of ArtArtwork: The new system predicts missing text from broken inscriptions, their date and original locationA new AI tool has the potential to turbocharge our understanding ...

Liverpool John Moores University. NatureTests on the skull could give new insights into ancient historyA DNA bone test on a man who lived 4,500 years ago in the Nile ...

Woodland TrustThe tree was chopped down on 3 AprilToby Carvery's owner has apologised over the upset caused after the company felled an ancient oak tree and admitted "we need ...

A Brookes/The Modern AntiquarianThousands of ancient landmarks are on private land and can only be viewed from a distance or with the landowner's permissionWalkers and history-lovers have no easy ...

AFPEach theyyam performance is both a theatrical spectacle and an act of devotionFor nearly 300 years, a family’s ancestral house in India's southern state of Kerala has been the ...

Xiqing Wang/ BBCSinkholes in China's Guangxi province have become a tourist attraction The couple stands on the edge of the sheer limestone cliff.More than 100 metres (328ft) beneath them ...