If you’re familiar with 19th-century ceramics, you probably know about ironstone. It was first made by English potter Miles Mason, who sold Chinese export porcelain and decided to make his own ...

The tiny cuts and grooves that decorate some ancient human artifacts are not just pretty accidents, according to some ...

Review by Richard Norton Smith Read the review During the late 18th century, a flurry of social, political and economic changes offered many a new vision of personal autonomy and equality. Review by ...

The remarkably well-preserved basilica was part of a public meeting place where citizens and politicians could socialize, ...

The Lovers of Valdaro, an ancient Stone Age couple entwined in an eternal embrace, have been discovered in an archaeological ...

Remains of a civic basilica give archaeologists clues to what the original layout of Roman London looked like.

Plans to build a 32-storey office block in central London have unearthed the remains of a 2,000-year-old Roman Basilica.