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Experts say codebreakers’ discovery is most significant about royal for more than a centuryA team of codebreakers have cracked secret coded messages in letters written by Mary, Queen of Scots while she was imprisoned by her cousin Queen Elizabeth I, in…
Photographs show stones from walls of Roman-era building in Turkey have cascaded down its sideTurkey and Syria earthquake – latest news updatesThe partial destruction of a Roman-era castle in the Turkish city of Gaziantep has led to fears that two eart…
Growing numbers are taking to the fields in search of fresh air, a sense of community and the odd piece of treasureEyes down, headphones on, arm sweeping across the ground, Mandy Duffin slowly paces a Warwickshire field with her metal detector. Sudden…
Crammed with minuscule writing, manuscript is seen as earliest ‘proper reader’s response’ to first folioIn 2017, an expert on BBC One’s Antiques Roadshow was excited by a minuscule 17th-century notebook that bore the name of Shakespeare, but the writin…
Comedian leads coalition against ‘exploitative’ proposal for 16-storey buildings over listed stationGriff Rhys Jones is leading a coalition of conservationists against what he describes as plans to “smother” Liverpool Street station under 109 metres (3…
Viking-inspired parade returns to Shetland after pandemic break as ban on female participation liftedScotland’s Up Helly Aa festival – in picturesIt began with a flare fired overhead into the darkness. Then the torches erupted into flame, casting an in…
Cafe owner Charlie Clarke ‘shrieked like schoolgirl’ when he turned up pristine necklace bearing initials of Henry and Katherine of AragonCharlie Clarke had been metal detectoring for just six months when he stumbled across what he calls his “once in a…
Intricately carved stones that fell down drain at ancient pool uncovered by archaeologists in CarlisleTaking your valuables with you into a swimming pool is always a risk. The Romans should have paid better heed, judging from the quantity of gemstones …
Work depicting mythological hero and apparently dating back to Roman imperial period found near Appian WayAn ancient Roman statue of Hercules has been discovered during repairs to the sewerage system underneath a park in Rome.The statue, which apparent…
Klein Hollandia discovery ‘opens up fascinating chapter in rich, shared maritime history between UK and Netherlands’A remarkably preserved shipwreck known only as the “unknown wreck off Eastbourne” has finally been identified as the 17th-century Dutch …