In Leeds, England, a metal detectorist discovered a 1,200-year-old gilded Saxon cross, offering a fascinating glimpse into ...

Although the true location has been disputed, experts say they have now pinpointed exactly where Cana is - and it is not the ...

The fifth ‘Big Dig’ at the Big Ideas by the Sea festival is currently underway at Paradise in Scarborough’s Old Town.

Italian police say they chased down a German tourist after spotting him transporting an ancient Roman artefact on a rented ...

TRIBUTES have been paid to a 'warm-hearted, kind, and caring' man who volunteered at an archaeological dig in Carlisle. David ...

In Rome, a German tourist was arrested for carrying a 30kg marble base from a Roman column on an electric scooter. The ...

The poet Paul Durcan died last week. I almost met him. This was at the beginning of the 1970s. ​I was a student at University ...

Göran Bengtsson, a hobby archaeologist, was studying an 18th-century map of southwestern Sweden when he noticed something unusual.

Law enforcement and customs officials from 23 countries took part in an operation called Pandora IX. Authorities recovered thousands of artefacts, including artworks, coins, paintings and ...

A team of Italian researchers has discovered markings on the walls of Pompeii that could be the first known evidence of the ...