The Vatican has opened to the public Inquisition documents from the Roman Catholic Church’s efforts—beginning in medieval times—to root out heresy.

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Archaeologists have unearthed an ancient burial ground at the site of a major new road.

Evidence of two Bronze Age tombs dating back some 4,000 years were found during work on the Earl Shilton bypass.

They were spotted after…

THEY came, they saw, they pillaged … and their women wore bras.

Swedish researchers claim Viking women were the first in western civilisation to look for a little support at home while their menfolk were off in their longboats.…

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A primary school allowed a mother to take her child out of lessons to attend a summer festival because the family say they are pagans.

Newington Green Primary, in the north…

The Domesday Book, the oldest and most famous public record in Britain, was based on the 1086 survey of England which covered 13,418 settlements south of the rivers Ribble and Tees.

For the first time, people will be able to…

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Fort Worth, Texas, announced that a priest, who was accused by several people of sexual misconduct, has HIV.

The Rev. Philip Magaldi, who provided service at St. John the Apostle Catholic Church in North Richland…

A series of graves found in a gravel quarry at Stanway near Colchester, Essex, have been dated to 40-60 A.D. At least one of the burials, it appears, may have been that of a Druid, according to a report published…

THE OLDEST cross-Channel ferry in the world will set sail again in 2010, giving archaeologists a glimpse into the lives of Bronze Age seafarers.

Based on the 3,550-year-old vessel discovered beneath Dover town centre 16 years ago, the replica boat,…

Senior police officers today said they are struggling to cope with a whopping 800 per cent rise in crimes committed by Romanians in this country.Top officers spoke to respected force magazine Police Review to express their fears after an unprecedented…

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The book is the first part of Rosalind’s Grim Gruesome series, seven children’s books about a Viking villain called Grim Gruesome, which will be launched at Jorvik Viking Festival on Thursday.

“Vikings are something that I have always been interested…

Icelandic-Swedish Viking film Embla (2007), directed by Hrafn Gunnlaugsson, will have its US debut at a student conference hosted by the German and Scandinavian studies division at the University of Massachusetts Amherst (UMass) on February 15.

Embla is the director’s…

Women who lived in the major Viking settlement called Birka in the 9th and 10th centuries dressed in a much more provocative manner than previously believed.

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A Muslim woman suing a salon owner for refusing her a hairdressing job because of her headscarf has more than doubled her claim for damages, after allegedly receiving hate mail.

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Saxon age skeletons in Portsmouth’s Museums collection could potentially pave the way for the development of new drugs to tackle the scourge of tuberculosis (TB) according to new research.

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The blood of the Vikings is still coursing through the veins of men living in the North West of England — according to a new study.

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A “plastic soup” of waste floating in the Pacific Ocean is growing at an alarming rate and now covers an area twice the size of the continental United States, scientists have said.

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Archaeologists believe they could be closer to discovering the site of the palace belonging to the first King of a united Scotland. The academics at Glasgow University have been studying documents and previous archaeological finds to narrow down…

A FRAGMENT of a Viking necklace uncovered in a field in the Stamford Bridge area has been declared treasure.

The rare piece of silverwork was found by a metal detectorist buried along with an assortment of other objects last…

A string of Baltic sites where bloodthirsty Vikings moored their longboats, hoarded slaves and booty and held off ethnic rivals are to be claimed as UNESCO world heritage sites.

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