Scientists and historians finally know why hundreds of human bones are still being pulled from the bottom of the River Thames ...

Massive Levantine-Egyptian stone head of a pharaoh, Ptolemaic Period, 332-30 B.C. Likely from a monumental sphinx, wearing royal 'nemes' headdress ...

Rare and exceptional artworks and relics from the world’s most acclaimed cultures will cross the auction block along with ...

"Charlemagne was my grandfather," Stone repeats back, her shock not wearing off quite yet. PBS "Your 38th great-grandfather," Gates confirms. "He's one of the most important people in history ...

PBS Sharon Stone on 'Finding Your Roots' "Your 38th great-grandfather," Gates confirms. "He's one of the most important people in history, of course, and he basically created modern Europe, with an ...

Detail of fossils embedded in Purbeck Marble Marc Benda was quick to point out that “there’s just one family quarrying this stone, and only two or three stone masons we could trust to work ...

"Forrest Gump" premiered. Justin Bieber and Harry Styles were born in 1994. Locally, The History Museum opened on West Washington Street in the late fall. That was 30 years ago and a few added months.

The British Museum - which holds items including the Rosetta Stone, the Anglo-Saxon ship burial ... Last year it was named the top UK visitor attraction, having had 5,820,860 visitors in 2023.

The Stone of Destiny is now on public display at Perth Museum, having been transported last year from Edinburgh, where it was targeted by vandals. Historic Environment Scotland, which cares for ...

A manufacturing firm in Ipswich has been fined after two workers were struck by slabs of stone, with one of the men sustaining multiple bone fractures as a result. Three slabs of quartz stone fell ...

Credit: Bournemouth University A groundbreaking study reveals evidence that, in Iron Age Britain, land inheritance followed the female line, with husbands relocating to live within their wives’ ...