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An unusual late Bronze Age hoard recently discovered in the west of Cumbria is the first of its kind to be found in the county, it is reported. Comprising a penannular bracelet and three lock rings, all made of gold, as well as a fragment of copper alloy, the hoard was found by two...

It has for centuries been one of the world’s greatest enigmas: how a Bronze Age society with little in the way of technology created Egypt ’s Great Pyramid of Giza – the oldest and only survivor of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. Now archaeologists have discovered fascinating proof...

A "lost" portrait by Flemish artist Peter Paul Rubens has been rediscovered after almost 400 years. The 17th Century Flemish artist's "head study" of the Duke of Buckingham was identified by Dr Bendor Grosvenor from BBC Four's Britain's Lost Masterpieces. It was in Glasgow Museums'...

Peter Marshall tells the story of the Reformation... The savage Reformation When Henry VIII instituted the break...

The remains of a pre-historic dwelling dating back 6,000 years have been unearthed in a field during engineering work. Archaeologists found post-holes which formed part of a rectangular buildingd as well as fragments of rare Neolithic pottery. The discovery was made while Scottish Water...

“In 1914, they started off with no armaments, in a very gentlemanly war. If they passed a German plane, they waved at each other.” Eventually, the observer pilots realised that if they took a pot shot with a rifle instead, they could down an enemy plane – and one that was monitoring British...