The Maya civilization, one of the most sophisticated pre-Columbian cultures, flourished across present-day Mexico, Guatemala, ...

The Channel Islands are home to rocky cliffs, sandy beaches, wildlife – and very few visitors, finds Ellie Seymour ...

World renowned for his treasure hunting, Teddy Tucker has found numerous treasures including; gold bars, silver coins, swivel guns, ancient hand ... as big as a musket ball. From small rings ...

Many of the world’s great cities are ancient accretions ... hand-carved doors below a steeply pitched roof. It was a near replica of the actual shrine behind us, scaled down to portable dimensions.

The Antikythera mechanism is one of the most mysterious and fascinating ancient inventions from the ... as several artistic reconstructions and replicas that show how it would have appeared ...

A new study by Dr. Margherita Mussi, published in Quaternary International, highlights how naturally occurring basalt spheres ...

It's described as one of the earliest forms of soccer with one ancient rule telling players not to murder each ... This is Royal Shrovetide — a centuries-old ball game played in Ashbourne, Derbyshire, ...

To 'goal' a ball the players must first reach the sites of the former mills, and then jump into the river and hit the ball against a mill stone, mounted in a plinth, three times. It can take hours ...

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This is the Atherstone Ball Game, an 826-year-old tradition in this Warwickshire town, and one of a dwindling number of ancient football games played across Britain on Shrove Tuesday, known as Fat ...