In 1796, while scampering through fields behind his house in Ribchester, England, a young boy stumbled upon a hoard of over ...

A Californian expat living in the UK has revealed her favourite underrated cities that she says every Brit must visit.

The UK's best high streets have been ranked, from ancient market towns to seaside gems, all featuring independent shops, ...

HAVEN’T you heard? Going abroad for a holiday is out in the year 2026, but cosy cottage staycations and UK city breaks are well and truly back. If you’re thinking of ditching an ...

There are some genuinely glorious holiday parks out there, but the standards can vary wildly between the sumptuous and the ...

Excavation in a gravel quarry in central Switzerland revealed a 2,000-year-old Roman stone wall. The Roman site in the pre-alpine area could have been a villa or temple. Along with the walled ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Excavation in a gravel quarry in central Switzerland revealed a 2,000-year-old Roman stone wall. The Roman site in the pre-alpine area could have ...

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Discovery of more than 800 whetstones, used to sharpen weapons, seen as one of the most significant finds in northern England for a century Archaeologists have found evidence of a huge and previously ...

Despite their reputation for advanced sanitation, ancient Romans at a major fort in northern England were probably suffering from a range of digestive ailments caused by parasites. The fort of ...

It probably sucked to be a Roman soldier guarding Hadrian’s Wall circa the third century CE. W.H. Auden imagined the likely harsh conditions in his poem “Roman Wall Blues,” in which a soldier laments ...

A new analysis of sewer drains from the Roman fort of Vindolanda, close to Hadrian’s Wall, has shown that the occupants were infected by three types of intestinal parasite – roundworm, whipworm, and ...