Conservation ‘gateway drug’: farmers embrace ancient craft of hedge laying
Grant applications in England surge as interest grows in habitat that captures carbon and helps reduce flood riskThe ancient craft of hedge laying is ...
Can Ancient Ruins Be Protected From Wildfires? Greece Is Trying.
As blazes surge across Europe, the country is making a trade-off to protect its heritage by fireproofing sites at the risk of spoiling the surrounding...
Ancient Lebanese Treasures Take a Journey From Modern-Day Conflict
Artifacts from Byblos have been on display in Paris in a show that highlights how modern-day conflict in the Middle East imperils the cultural heritag...
Extreme temperatures and drought are adding to the stress on oak trees that have lived for hundreds of years and play a key role in the national imagi...
England’s ancient oak trees dying in extreme hot and dry weather
Woodland Trust says trees struggling in drought stress, with older ‘survivors’ disproportionately affectedEngland’s ancient oak trees are dying in the...
Italian Diver Discovers Hundreds of Ancient Amphorae in Sicily
Hundreds of ancient amphorae were found piled up about 150 feet underwater, suggesting the relics came from a Roman shipwreck from about 2,000 years a...
N.Y. Doctor Sentenced in Japan for Vandalizing Ancient Religious Sites
Masahide Kanayama, a surgeon and an expert in endometriosis, received an 18-month suspended sentence after a court found him guilty of damaging the si...
Archaeologists Find Hundreds of Ancient Glyphs in the Amazon
The geometric earthwork structures, carved into the ground with embankments and ditches, are in some cases more than 2,500 years old, researchers said...
Archaeologists Find Hundreds of Ancient Glyphs in the Amazon
The geometric earthwork structures, carved into the ground with embankments and ditches, are in some cases more than 2,500 years old, researchers said...
Campaigners rail against ‘plundering’ of ancient Kent woodland to make way for quarry expansion
Forty hectares of Oaken Wood could be razed after it was identified as potential site of expansion by Reform-run councilIt was at the confluence of se...
Treasure as trinkets: Zendaya’s earrings renew debate on ownership of ancient artefacts
Jewellery made from BC Iran worn at Odyssey photocall throws spotlight on the trade of rare archeological findsThe Odyssey has stormed cinemas, but wh...
Egyptian warrior princesses, ancient avocados, and more science news
Hannah Chin and Nate Rott of NPR's Short Wave podcast talk about the building blocks of birdsong, the evolutionary history of avocados and Egyptian wa...
Zendaya faces backlash for wearing ancient Iranian jewellery at Odyssey event
Film star promotes Christopher Nolan film epic wearing gold artefacts dating back almost 3,000 yearsThe Odyssey is a story about a Greek king’s long j...