This rural English town, just outside London, is a cheaper alternative to the Cotswolds with fewer crowds but as much country ...

Modern technology, new excavations and curious amateurs have helped unearth some of the world's greatest treasures in the last 50 years.

Only Nicolas Cage and his history buff buddies could track down a real National Treasure, but plenty of other movies ...

Experts say the robbery is an opportunity to pressure the Louvre and Europe’s other museums to explain their collections' ...

The town is the oldest in the country and was the capital for several hundred years, with wealthy merchants flocking to the thriving trading hub ...

A cat-sized dinosaur, Enigmacursor mollyborthwickae, unearthed in Colorado, is revolutionizing our understanding of small ...

The town is the oldest in the country and was the capital for several hundred years, with wealthy merchants flocking to the ...

As French police race to track where the Louvre's stolen crown jewels have gone, a growing chorus wants a brighter light on ...

The jewels stolen in the Louvre heist did not come from France. They were originally taken in a colonial era that many ...

The moments when four ancient worlds faced disaster are brought to life in an epic new series exploring Rome, Egypt, the Aztecs and the samurai of Japan. Drawing on the beautiful art and artefacts ...

Some of the planet’s most amazing sights haven been beaten into oblivion by severe weather and others were simply abandoned ...

The artifacts were French, but the gems were not. Their exotic routes to Paris run through the shadows of empire — an uncomfortable history that France, like other Western nations with ...