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Archaeologists recently uncovered an early medieval church in the city of Venice’s iconic Piazza San Marco. The ABAP Superintendency for the Municipality of Venice and the Lagoon shared a Facebook post about the discovery last month. The Italian organization explained that its
A Cambridge University academic has shared how she solved the puzzle of being trapped in a medieval tower bathroom and escaped using a cotton bud and eyeliner. Dr Krisztina Ilko is lodged in the Queens College rooms of the 16th-century philosopher, Erasmus,
There is a deserted village in North Yorkshire where people can step back in time and walk through a place that modernity hasn’t touched. Wharram Percy is one of the largest, best preserved and most famous of the country’s 3,000 such villages
As winter descends many will be looking to spend a few days or a weekend somewhere festive. The staycation boom means many of those will scout out a place on home turf in the UK. There is a long list of traditional
One of the most respected centres of learning in the Western world has a dark past filled with crime, a study has shown. Oxford, whose university has produced UK Prime Ministers, Nobel Prizes and even US Presidents, was a catalyst for violence
If you wish to take a step back in time as well as explore a quaint countryside village then Lavenham should be listed as your next place to visit in the UK. Lavenham is located in Suffolk and is known for its
Dan Jones releases his new book, ‘Essex Dogs’ (Image: Getty) It is the largest amphibious invasion so far in British history. Waves of determined men crammed into small boats, foundering against the tide as they approach the Normandy coast under a barrage
Cases of syphilis in the UK look to be on the rise as numbers rise to the highest in 75 years. Diagnoses of the medieval disease increased by 15 per cent last year, with 8,700 diagnoses, the largest number since 1948. Meanwhile,
If time travel was possible, medieval carpenters would surely be amazed to see how woodworking techniques they pioneered in building Notre Dame Cathedral more than 800 years ago are being used again today to rebuild the world-famous monument’s fire-ravaged roof. Certainly the