Heritage

The Roman conquest of Britain commenced in the year AD 43, but previously the Romans led two expeditionary campaigns almost a century earlier in 55 and 54 BC under the command of Gaius Julius Caesar.

The jade burial suits were hand-crafted using pieces of jade, for the ceremonial burial of royalty and aristocrats during the Han Dynasty nearly 2,000 years ago in China.

When it comes to ancient Roman imperial architecture, most people usually have a mental image of white marble statues, columns, or slabs.

The Admiral Scheer, named after Admiral Carl Friedrich Heinrich Reinhard Scheer was a Deutschland-class heavy cruiser, often termed “pocket battleships” by the British, that served in the Kriegsmarine navy of Nazi Germany during the Second World War.

Aqueducts are very impressive examples of the art of construction in the Roman Empire. Even today, they still provide us with new insights into aesthetic, practical, and technical aspects of construction and use.

Almost 450 years ago, an African man in the service of the Jesuits arrived in Japan, who would become the first foreign-born person to obtain the title of samurai, also referred to as bushi.

Alamut Castle is a mountain fortress in the Alamut region of the Qazvin province in present-day Iran, that during the Middle Ages served as the central base of the Nizari Ismaili.

Greenland, or Grœnland in Old Norse, was settled by Norwegian and Icelandic explorers during the 10th century AD, where two major Viking settlements emerged until their abandonment in the 15th century AD.

The Dead Sea Scrolls, discovered some seventy years ago, are famous for containing the oldest manuscripts of the Hebrew Bible (Old Testament) and many hitherto unknown ancient Jewish texts.

The end of the Roman province of Britannia was a transition from imperial rule and the acceptance of temporary self-government during the 5th century AD, to the sub-Roman period in the centuries that followed.

The Council for British Archaeology’s Young Archaeologists’ Club (YAC) is calling out for heritage organisations to join its well-loved “YAC Pass” scheme.

The Iron Ring of Castles, also called the Ring of Iron, is a chain of medieval fortresses constructed by King Edward I, otherwise known as Edward Longshanks, to subdue the native populations of North Wales.