In 1992, a wooden boat was discovered buried 20ft beneath an underpass in Dover, Kent. Known as the Dover Boat, dating to around 1,520 BC, it’s the world’s oldest known seagoing vessel. Made of oak planks and yew wood, it carried cargo between Britain and...

Did you know, the way we use our hands is recorded in our wrist bones?

The Witham Shield of 1826 might be the most artistic shield you’ll ever see. Let’s take a closer look at the shield’s composition and the story of how such treasures found their way underwater.

In 1747, on the banks of the Thames in Twickenham, Horace Walpole set out to build something extraordinary – a “little Gothic castle” unlike anything seen before. The result was Strawberry Hill, a theatrical masterpiece that would ignite Britain’s Gothic...

The iconic lean of the Tower of Pisa is infamous, with people flocking to Italy from all over the globe to see it.

A hundred and twenty years ago, divers discovered a shipwreck off the island of Antikythera in Greece. What they found changed our understanding of human history.