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An ancient Greek trading ship that had lain on the seabed off the coast of Gela in southern Sicily for 2,500 years was brought to the surface for the first time on Monday. The ancient Greek vessel is 21 metres…

A German archaeologist in charge of excavations in ancient Troy announced that a new dimension will be added to the excavations with the finds of the past 20 years being gathered together for the first time.   Member of the…

The painted caves of Lascaux in the Dordogne region of France are one of the most famed monuments of Ice Age art. Dating back about 17,000 years, the great Hall of the Bulls and its adjacent chambers proved so popular…

OSLO – Ruins recently discovered on Greenland may mark the Vikings’ most northerly year-round hunting outpost on the icy island, a researcher said on Monday. Knut Espen Solberg, leader of ‘The Melting Arctic’ project mapping changes in the north, said…

Researchers, growers and Industry specialists from 22 countries will share the latest research into the use of Brassica species, such as mustard, radish, or rapeseed, to manage soil-borne pests and weeds – a technique known as biofumigation.“Brassica plants naturally release…

A leading British energy company blitzed the newspapers with full page colour advertisements this weekend which encourage children to sign up as “climate cops” and keep “climate crime case files” on their families, friends and neighbours.

The ads, run…

AN ANCIENT Viking burial stone kept in a south Wirral church has become the centre of an archaeological dispute.

The stone at the Church of St Mary and St Helen, in Neston town centre, which has been broken over time…

It is the best known shipwreck lying on the Irish seabed, but it is only today that the owner of the Lusitania will finally begin the first extensive visual documentation of the luxury liner that sank 93 years ago. …

Amphorae were the workaday containers of the ancient world, used to ship everything from aromatic wine to smelly fish sauce around the Mediterranean and beyond. Thousands have been found, in shipwrecks and in fragments at their destinations.

Over the…

A MUM has been told to stay away from a mall so the child sex pervert who abused her daughter is free to do his weekend shopping there.

James Bryson – who had charges of raping the five-year-old dropped when…

Beavers have been born in Britain for the first time in 400 years – on an upmarket housing development.

The 12 kits are flourishing at the 550-acre Lower Mill Estate near Cirencester, Gloucs – a sustainable home complex designed by…

Sir David Attenborough warned that butterflies could die out unless something is done to help them as he launched a rescue plan to boost their numbers.

The BBC natural history presenter cautioned Britain could be entering a “post-butterfly era” because…

Some of Britain’s best-loved woodland birds are in a tail-spin of decline, the latest survey reveals.

The Willow Tit has been hit hardest of all suffering a 77 per cent decline since the census started in 1994.

Other woodland specialists…

A British company is poised to construct the world’s first floating wind turbine, in a move that could herald a new generation of cheaper, less problematic wind energy.

Blue H, a firm registered in the UK but based in Holland,…

Home owners and “have-a go-heroes” have for the first time been given the legal right to defend themselves against burglars and muggers free from fear of prosecution.

They will be able to use force against criminals who break into their…

Underwater archaeologists are taking to Loch Tay to try to uncover more about a submerged prehistoric woodland.

The stumps of about 50 trees were discovered in 2005 – some of them are thought to be about 6,000 years old.

The…

A new Big Brother database holding the telephone numbers and email accounts of everyone in Britain would raise serious data protection concerns, the information commissioner said.

Gordon Brown signalled plans to bring in the database holding details of every phone…

The American Physical Society, an organization representing nearly 50,000 physicists, has reversed its stance on climate change and is now proclaiming that many of its members disbelieve in human-induced global warming.  The APS is also sponsoring public debate on the…

ROME–She suckled Rome’s legendary twin founders and fed Benito Mussolini’s ambitious dreams of renewed imperial glory.

For centuries, Lupa – “She-wolf” in Latin and Italian – has been a powerful Roman symbol. But some now contend that Lupa, a supposedly…