The heaviest lantern in the history of Longleat’s Festival of Light (Image: Longleat) Daisy Mercedes, who has coordinated this year’s event at Longleat, said: "The Dings were used in Chinese Primitive ...

The 1,700 pieces of world-renowned Chinese ceramics constitute the largest donation in the British Museum’s nearly 300-year ...

Sir Percival David’s collection, amassed in the early 1900s, includes prized vases and wine cups. “You simply couldn’t build ...

Oracle bones were often made from tortoise shells, as in this photograph, and from the shoulder blades of oxen. According to ...