Pembroke Castle has been a seat of power for centuries. It was the birthplace of Henry Tudor, father of Henry VIII, and is one of…
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Oldest known sentence written in first alphabet discovered – on a head-lice comb
It’s a simple sentence that captures the hopes and fears of modern-day parents as much as the bronze age Canaanite who owned the doubled-edged ivory…
View More Oldest known sentence written in first alphabet discovered – on a head-lice combAfter 350 years, sea gives up lost jewels of Spanish shipwreck
It was a Spanish galleon laden with treasures so sumptuous that its sinking in the Bahamas in 1656 sparked repeated salvage attempts over the next…
View More After 350 years, sea gives up lost jewels of Spanish shipwreck‘Prickles down the neck’: project reveals unsung female heroes of Sutton Hoo dig
It was 12 years ago that conservator Anita Bools first laid eyes on photographs which had been left in a plastic bag at the reception…
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