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An Ancient Egyptian tool has been found in a wardrobe. The 4,500-year-old wooden maul, or mallet, used by Egyptian craftsmen, had been stored in the wardrobe in Derbyshire to protect it from sunlight. It was originally discovered during World War Two in a cave near Cairo by a relative of...

Viewers were left astonished by the mysterious, emerald-green swimming pool that became a feature of the Rio Olympic Games. But those who think that this is one of the most bizarre scenes in Olympic history will have to think again. Over the 120 years since the first modern Games took place...

Team GB’s performance in Rio is both remarkable and refreshing, a ray of sunshine in the relentless gloom surrounding not just the usual dire outings in international football, but fears over Brexit, home-grown terror, a dysfunctional Labour Party, childhood obesity, housing shortages, a...

Silver 12th Century coins found in a field in Derbyshire have been declared treasure by a coroner. The 10 coins were unearthed by several metal detectorists in 2014 and date from the reigns of King Stephen and King Henry II. Historians believe they were probably originally in a purse dropped...

A forgotten British-era bunker has been discovered under a governor's residence in Mumbai (Bombay) decades after it was sealed off. The 500-ft long underground shelter was used when India was under colonial British rule, and it reopened this month for the first time in decades. Spread...

If you want your child to become Britain's next Olympic hero, then have your baby on 23rd March For that is the day four of Great Britain's most successful ever Olympians were born - Sir Steve Redgrave, Sir Chris Hoy, Jason Kenny and Mo Farah. They have won a combined total of 20 gold...

The mystique of the ancient stone circle of Stonehenge has long stoked people’s imaginations. Theories as to what the Neolithic monument was used for include everything from a burial site to a place of healing. But a team of Australian researchers believes that the bluestone circle and...

Charles Darwin, the brilliant naturalist whose works on the theory of evolution single-handedly founded modern biology, is one of the greatest scientists who ever lived. Revered by many and despised by some, his massive influence strongly remains in many aspects of our lives. Let’s learn more...

Brunhilde Pomsel says working as secretary to Joseph Goebbels was "just another job", and that those who say they would have stood up to the Nazis in her shoes are probably mistaken. Ms Pomsel is, at 105, one of the few surviving people who regularly interacted with the Nazi inner circle...

Breaking apart from Europe, resentment towards Westminster elites, financial uncertainty - sound familiar? Back in 1972, before the UK had even joined the Common Market, Daphne du Maurier had anticipated it all in her novel Rule Britannia. So how much did she get right? Did Daphne du Maurier...

Britain’s medal haul in Rio is a lesson in the determined, often ruthless pursuit of success, and the rewards it brings. Yet again, the ideas of the Right have been proved to have so much more to offer than those from the Left... British success at the Olympics is not just a national...

A previously unknown Egyptian-style pyramid has been found in a remote area of the Kazakhstan steppe some 3,900 miles northeast of Cairo. The structure is now substantially in ruins but it is believed that it was a lookalike of the famous Pyramid of Djoser in Egypt - the first of the...