Archaeologists reconstructed Roman frescoes from thousands of fragments found in London, revealing rare artwork and the elite ...

A “jigsaw” of 2,000 year old fragments have been pieced together by archaeologists to reveal a remarkable Roman wall painting ...

Archaeologists have unearthed one of the largest collections of painted Roman wall plaster ever found in London and ...

It is believed the frescoes once decorated at least 20 internal walls of a high-status Roman building between AD 40 and 150.

Next to the pottery, however, they uncovered something potentially more valuable than everything else combined: four 4,400-year-old clay cylinders etched with what seems to be an alphabet.

The one thing that has stood the test of time though, is the alphabet that the language is written in. Adopted around the 700s, the English alphabet ... books with the old style encyclopædia.

Michael Rosen explores the evocative Old English words used in daily life a thousand years ago, many of which are still in use now. With the author of The Wordhord, Hana Videen. Show more Michael ...