63AD. "Vigilies" appointed by Roman Emperor Augustus, they were to look out for fires during the night on the streets of Londinium. The Vigilies were the first organized Firefighters in London and ...

TikTok account Look Up London is sharing videos of walking around London and telling hidden history behind various sites, streets buildings and more.

Archaeologists in London have uncovered a section of Roman masonry that belongs to a nearly 2,000-year-old town hall, in what historians say is one of the most significant discoveries in the British ...

LONDON, ENGLAND - AUGUST 27: Wax work models are positioned in The Map Room in Cabinet War Rooms bunker, which has been preserved entirely unchanged since the second World War, on August 27, 2009 in ...

London is a city built on layers of history, with some areas dating back nearly 2,000 years to Roman times. Beneath its ...

In the new photo book London: Portrait of a City, editor Reuel Golden says he wanted to use images to “convey the history of the city and tell it in a compelling way that will sort of surprise people ...

For over a century, the London Underground Roundel has gotten into the DNA of some of the world’s top designers. A new book explores how. “Like many millions of other people commuting through London, ...

To date, scientists and archaeologists alike have been unable able to state assuredly that the disease behind the deaths was in fact the Bubonic Plague – until now. DNA sequenced from ancient ...

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