November is St Edmund’s Day, celebrating the king and martyr who was once the patron saint of England. This is his story.

Dr Cat Jarman, a historian and archaeologist specialising in the Viking Age, reviews scenes from TV shows set in the Viking ...

Treasure finds in England have hit a record high, with a lamp shaped like a human foot and an earwax scoop among the more ...

Viking hoard and medieval signet rings are among a record number of treasure finds in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, a report has found. There were 1,377 cases of treasure in 2022, an increase ...

The statue, titled Kneeling Before Iran, shows the emperor grovelling before Persian king Shapur I. Where did this imagery ...

WhenStephen King raves about a book, readers take notice. His latest praise goes to Mark Z. Danielewski’s Tom’s Crossing, a Western adventure mixed with supernatural suspense — a story King calls ...

This suggests similar alabaster vessels from the time period—often made from soft calcite stone and used for perfumes and ...

*** study published in PLOS Medicine suggests exercising in midlife is *** crucial time to optimize your lifespan, seemingly reversing years of inactivity. The study tracked more than 11,000 women in ...

Brett Arends is an award-winning financial writer with many years experience writing about markets, economics and personal finance. He has received an individual award from the Society of American ...

10 June 2012 Amman - His Majesty King Abdullah II, the supreme commander of the armed forces, on Sunday patronized a major armed forces celebration as Jordan marks Army Day and the Great Arab Revolt ...