This medicinal plant was so coveted, it was worth its weight in gold. But this ultimately brought its downfall.

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All ages are invited to participate in this black future festival, which parents and other relatives felt was very important.

In April, an exhibition will showcase some 100 'miraculously saved' artifacts that have been stored in Geneva since 2007.

Three early medieval caches of gold and silver, along with hundreds of coins, have been discovered at a "cult site" in the ...

Shopping in Bath is generally a very pleasant experience. The key shopping streets and areas are in or near the city centre ...

LIX, BCE. The Roman LIX translates into 59 in Arabic, soon to proclaimed “American Numerals” by Trumpius Maximus, newly ...

Sitting in Tom Holland’s study, I am puzzled. Looking around, I can see a suit of chain mail (a present from his brother and fellow popular historian James Holland), a mounted psittacosaurus fossil ...

London has long been defined by the river that runs through it. In Victorian times, human figures were commonly spotted at low tide, bent over and wading in the ...

"It is tempting to see this moment as a crisis—perhaps even an unraveling. But history tells a different story." ...

Coin moulds which were used ... They'll have pride of place alongside the other Roman artefacts in Castleford so people can find out more," she said. "It's very important to preserve our ...

Coin moulds which were used for counterfeiting ... formed part of a settlement on the outskirts of Roman Castleford. He said: "We knew very little about the site before we started.