5+ hour, 13+ min ago  (717+ words) A remarkable hoard of Roman artefacts has been unearthed during a major pipe laying project through the Norfolk countryside. The 15 items - one of which depicts the hero Hercules - have been described by experts as having "no parallel, locally or nationally…...

2+ day, 15+ hour ago  (443+ words) A triceratops skeleton that stood in a US museum for decades will be auctioned off, a rare instance of a museum-exhibited dinosaur going to the auction block just as the market for the prehistoric giants has hit record highs. The…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (443+ words) As the buildings some tumbling down, mystery surrounds an old stone plaque, and today I am asking if any readers can shed any light on it. Last November, I featured a new book by Matthew Williams and Jason Cork called…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (536+ words) A historically important plate that was made at a landmark factory and subsequently found in a tea chest in the attic of a London house is set to go under the hammer. After lying hidden out of sight in an…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (956+ words) As a youngster growing up in Sheringham, I would sometimes visit the beach after a storm to find twisted metal and broken concrete where the sea had smashed the town's coastal defences. This was before the arrival of the huge…...

1+ mon, 4+ week ago  (466+ words) A near-complete battle trumpet and a bronze boar's head which once adorned a military standard are among a hoard of "remarkable" Iron Age objects discovered in Norfolk. The items were found in the west of the county during investigations ahead…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (616+ words) The earliest known coin minted in Scotland " almost 900 years ago " has been acquired for the nation after it was found by a metal detectorist. The medieval David I silver coin was discovered in a wooded area near Penicuik, Midlothian, and…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (688+ words) Treasure finds in England hit a record high, with Norfolk once again producing more than any other county. Provisional figures from the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme show 1,446 discoveries across the country in 2024, up from 1,266 the previous year. Norfolk, the…...

4+ mon, 2+ week ago  (724+ words) Supporters of plans to transform an historic Norwich building into a national centre for the study of Jewish heritage and antisemitism are getting ready to seek lottery cash for the project. The city's Jewish community, the University of East Anglia…...

5+ mon, 3+ day ago  (358+ words) A new exhibition exploring how artists use watercolour will open at Norwich Castle Museum this weekend. The Watercolour Now exhibition, which will open at the museum's Timothy Gurney Gallery on Saturday (October 4), features work by eight contemporary artists. Song of…...