The face of Bonnie Prince Charlie has been recreated using death masks that depict him as he would have looked during the Jacobite rising of…
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‘Ancient’ vase repatriated from UK to Greece faces fresh forgery claim
Days after Greece announced the recovery of hundreds of antiquities from a disgraced British dealer, its ministry of culture faces the accusation that one of…
View More ‘Ancient’ vase repatriated from UK to Greece faces fresh forgery claimThree sections of Roman wall in City of London given protected status
Three sections of a huge but little-known Roman wall, discovered under the City of London, have been given protected status as scheduled national monuments. The…
View More Three sections of Roman wall in City of London given protected statusWill they fight them on the beaches? Anger as Cleethorpes hits detectorists with £100 fines
The vast sands of Cleethorpes beach can stretch into the horizon at low tide, revealing all kinds of interesting things previously hidden by the sea.…
View More Will they fight them on the beaches? Anger as Cleethorpes hits detectorists with £100 finesCountry diary: English thatchers are having to take to the woods | Tom Allan
The sun has turned the bay indigo, and in this hazel hedgerow above the sea, you can almost hear the sap rising. The first buds…
View More Country diary: English thatchers are having to take to the woods | Tom Allan‘3D medieval puzzle’: Newport ship to be reassembled from 2,500 pieces of timber
The final pieces of what has been compared to a huge, heavy – but also very delicate – 3D medieval puzzle are being returned to…
View More ‘3D medieval puzzle’: Newport ship to be reassembled from 2,500 pieces of timberDo you smell what I smell? How scents linked to Christmas have changed
The waft of pine trees and cinnamon biscuits may mean it is beginning to smell a lot like Christmas, but the odours that conjure up…
View More Do you smell what I smell? How scents linked to Christmas have changed‘It’s as if we found oil’: Tuscan town savours discovery of spa trove
Since she was a child, Martina Canuti has been venturing down the steep hill flanking the Tuscan town of San Casciano dei Bagni, known by…
View More ‘It’s as if we found oil’: Tuscan town savours discovery of spa troveResearchers decode metal-making recipes in ancient Chinese text
Researchers have deciphered enigmatic recipes for metal-making contained in an ancient Chinese text, revealing unexpected complexity in the art at the time. Six chemical formulas…
View More Researchers decode metal-making recipes in ancient Chinese text‘Weird, wonderful’: rare dig at Arthur’s Stone writes new story of neolithic site
High above one of western Britain’s loveliest valleys, the silence is broken by the sound of gentle digging, scraping and brushing, along with bursts of…
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