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Around 550 people packed St John's Kirk in Perth on May 26 to join John Bullough MBE's family in bidding him farewell.

In April, archaeologists excavating at La Chapelle-des-Fougeretz, in Britanny, France, announced that they had discovered a large Roman temple, dating between the late first century BC and fourth century AD. They speculated that it had probably been used by Roman soldiers for hundreds of years to pay homage to Mars,…

Work depicting mythological hero and apparently dating back to Roman imperial period found near Appian Way

U.S. authorities announced that the fresco depicting Hercules and dozens of other trafficked objects, which ended up in private collections in the United States, would go back to Italy.

A fresco from Herculaneum, a city which was destroyed along with Pompeii by the 79 A.D. eruption of Mount Vesuvius is now back in Italy, along with 59 other ancient pieces which were illegally trafficked to the United States

Peter Rodgers, of Carrington, is a finalist in the Newcastle Herald Short Story Competition 2023 with this entry, Animal Farm II.

Celebrations are a joyous time of reuniting with family and friends. But afterward, people can sometimes be left uneasily mulling over their relationships. Annual returns home can induce an uncomfortable nostalgia in the tension between how the past is remembered and how the present is experienced.

It may sound unbelievable, but back in the 1970s, a Scottish wrestler adopted a grizzly bear and raised him to be a performer and actor — with the animal even appearing in big-budget movies

Politics, conflict and migration are indelibly tied to and shaped by a country’s cuisine. Here’s a selection showing the rich cultural tapestries behind the headlines.