Ancient Language Clings to Life at Tip of Britain
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TENCREEK HOLIDAY PARK, England  - Lisa Simpson,  the spiky-haired U.S. cartoon character, may just be the spark  that revives an ancient language and fuels a tiny political  movement at the tip of Britain's southwest coast.
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Scientist proposes 'Biblical-style flood' A sonar probe of the bed of the English Channel has produced evidence that Britain may have become an island is less than 24 hours, the Daily Telegraph reports.â¦
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This year&#39;s opening ceremony to the Olympic Games in Athens was impressive for the mixture of allusions to antiquity and modern innovation.
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Pieces of Britain's past, including a second-century silver ring and a 500-year-old Tudor trade weight, are among artefacts being peddled daily on the Internet to the alarm of experts at the British Museum.
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The top spots offering a peek into the past.
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This old mining town in the northeast of England used to be a grimy industrial wasteland. Now it's becoming a gleaming cultural center and -- who would have thought it? -- tourist destination
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Plans to restore the ancient tradition of living and working in woodland areas are being submitted in the Highlands.
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Divers may have found the wreck of a ship from the last foreign invasion of mainland Britain, over 200 years ago.
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Arts & entertainment: Shakespeare's 400-year reign as the world's primary transmitter of the English language ends.
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What did the first Olympians eat? Food historians are scouring ancient texts to find out.
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WASHINGTON --Â A village of small houses that may have sheltered the builders of the mysterious Stonehenge - or people attending festivals there - has been found by archaeologists studying the stone circle in England.
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For 250 years, the cryptic inscription has exercised the minds of Britain&#39;s finest theologians, historians and scientists, including Charles Darwin, Josiah Wedgwood
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Gladiatorial games were probably held at Britain's largest Roman amphitheatre, archaeologists reveal.
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By Encarnacion Pyle, The Columbus Dispatch, Ohio  Feb. 11--Anthony Basil always appreciated his wife's love of languages, but it wasn't until they planned a trip to Tuscany for their 40 th anniversary that he wanted to brush up on his Italian.
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Archaeologists discover more than 250 examples of prehistoric rock art carvings in Northumberland.
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People wanting to live permanently in Britain will have to prove their proficiency in the English language and demonstrate their knowledge of life in the country from next year.
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The United Kingdom's principle island of Britain is composed of England, Scotland and Wales.