History

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A person wearing a dark diving suit and gloves is standing on a boat and holding up a long, corroded green metal sword-like object, possibly recovered from the seabed. The boat's wooden deck is wet, with a mesh bag and diving equipment nearby, while blue sea water and the boat's railing can be seen in the background.

'Like Christmas' for diver who found ancient sword

Previous discoveries from the area include gold ingots and more than 400 gold coins.

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Section of the Bayeaux Tapestry filmed at the British Museum

Donning protective kit for a first glance at the Bayeux Tapestry

The 70m-long 11th Century embroidery is to go on display at the British Museum, after it arrived in from France last week.

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A man uses a yellow sponge to scrub a Roman mosaic found in a farmer's field in Devon. He is wearing a white sun hat and blue t-shirt.

'Dream' Roman mosaic find dug up from farmland

A metal detectorist first found the site 16 years ago in a regularly ploughed farmer's field.

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John Bolton, a young man with a brown beard and blue eyes is wearing a red helmet with a head torch. He is in a cave, with stalagmites to his side.

'Mind-blowing' ancient bones discovery sparked by family holiday

The "once in a lifetime" discovery in Pembrokeshire could rewrite history, researchers say.

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The wreck of the SS Richard Montgomery is seen partially submerged in the Thames Estuary in an archive image from June 1962. Three large cargo masts and several smaller structures lean at different angles above the water, with rigging and cables hanging from them. The black-and-white photograph shows calm water stretching to the horizon beneath a pale sky.

'We want a shipwreck mast to stay in Essex'

The shipwreck masks have been visible in the Thames Estuary since 1944 but will now be removed.

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A woman with blonde hair in a black top sits and smiles in front of an archeological dig in a huge cave

Family holiday unearths 'mind-blowing' ancient discovery

The "once in a lifetime" discovery in Wogan Cavern, Pembrokeshire, could rewrite history, researchers say.

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Eleanor Roosevelt, King George VI, Sara Delano Roosevelt (mother of FDR), Queen Elizabeth, Franklin D Roosevelt sitting on the porch at Springwood, 1939 (Image credit: Alamy)

The picnic that led to the 'special relationship'

A new play relives the first time a British monarch visited the US – as the Nazis were advancing in Europe, the president invited the king for hot dogs on the lawn of his country home.

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A close-up of a gold ring with a phoenix and flames engraved on it

Tudor ring linked to Elizabeth I goes on display

It is on display at Hampton Court Palace alongside another ring linked to Anne Boleyn.

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A parchment charter written in Latin calligraphic script

King's 1313 royal charter joins county archives

The 700-year-old parchment document from Edward II details privileges for the monks of Forde Abbey.

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