Spiders, parchment, bone and complex math were among the methods ancient cultures used. What drives this need? Who are the soothsayers in our midst today?

The Genesis Exhibition: Do Ho Suh: Walk the House at Tate Modern. 1 May - 19 October, £20.

Chalet described Chinese Language Day as a vivid expression of the UN's commitment to multilingualism and thanked the ...

Conspiracy theories might feel like a modern phenomenon, but one has its roots in the flat landscape of the Cambridgeshire ...

The Hagia Sophia remains a highly popular tourist destination, attracting millions of travelers. Here is a detailed look at ...

Curators at Moyse’s Hall Museum (located in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk) just found an anthropodermic book hidden on an office ...

Historians from the University of Cambridge recently unveiled a rare 13th-century document that depicts the stories of King ...

Now, nearly two centuries later, a second such book has emerged.

Sudan’s ancient heritage – so rich that it boasts more pyramids than Egypt – has been extensively plundered by the RSF and other fighters during the two years of war. The National Museum in ...

Museum staff believe the binding and corners of this book are made using the skin of 19th Century murderer William Corder A book bound in the skin of one of the UK's most notorious murderers is to ...

In 2019, the fragile manuscript was discovered in an unlikely place in a Cambridge library – tucked in as the binding for an old book. "The manuscript had survived the centuries after being ...