More than 50 skeletons spanning 20 burials were recovered from beneath the Tower of London, with one mass grave dating back to the Black Death.

The first excavation at the famed Tower of London in a generation uncovered more than 20 skeletal remains. Excavations revealed everything from a 14 th-century Black Death group burial to three ...

The stone fortress was built by William the Conqueror in the 1070s to guard his power and houses the crown jewels. The tower is steeped in tragic history. “Kings and queens imprisoned their rivals and ...

The most significant excavation in a generation is underway at the Tower of London and it’s promising to “re-draw the map of the medieval fortress” and shed light on some of the people who lived, ...

Built as a fortress by William the Conqueror beginning in the 1070s, the UNESCO-listed Tower of London is one of the city's most iconic landmarks. Once a palace for monarchs, a formidable state prison ...

Archaeologists recently uncovered the ancient skeletons of possible Black Death victims – buried just beneath one of London’s most popular tourist spots. Historic Royal Palaces (HRP), the organization ...

As Historic Royal Palaces carries out a search for the nation’s best history teachers, Laura Reid hears from a Yorkshire-born ...

It’s not only illustrious or infamous guests who stayed at the Tower of London. Not only is it the final resting place to many traitors to the crown, the infamous Tower of London has also been home to ...

University of Nottingham provides funding as a founding partner of The Conversation UK. Displayed as part of the museum’s larger collections of crowns, coronation regalia and other royal jewels dating ...