The effigy rested atop Henry's coffin during his funeral in 1509. The head is all that survives after the body was destroyed ...

The late Queen of England and Ireland was so legendary that her reign was officially crowned the Elizabethan era. But one ...

The effigy head of the founder of the Tudor dynasty is one of the finest examples of its kind to have survived to the present ...

Westminster Abbey is undertaking a new project using the latest 3D technology to scan the funeral effigy head of Henry VII - ...

Born into royal turmoil, Elizabeth I faced betrayal, imprisonment, and religious conflict before becoming one of England’s greatest monarchs. From rebuilding the Church of England to defeating the ...

The earl also apologises in the letter for his elusiveness during his recent journey across the Midlands of England. His marriage in 1578 to Lettice, dowager countess of Essex, who Elizabeth ...

IF we knew then what we know now....The old adage is especially true of antiques as we kick ourselves for throwing out family ...

The British Museum has launched the latest annual report of the Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS), which shows a record ...

Almost 500 years ago, a princess called Elizabeth became Queen of England. People were worried. It was unusual to be ruled by a woman, because at the time, they were seen as weak and not as clever ...

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