Imagine the terror of awakening in a confined, pitch-black underground space slowly suffocating to death 6ft under while trapped in your own coffin. You can't see ...

For example, the import duty on tea raised its price by around 70 per cent by the middle of the 18th century. Smuggling was usually organised by gangs, who were funded by investors or venturers.

AN ANCIENT city that was abandoned in the 18th century has finally been unearthed deep inside the Amazon rainforest. Located in the modern Brazilian state of Rondônia, the Portuguese settlement ...

Minor theft and, to a lesser extent, violent crime continued to be the main crimes committed in the 18th century. However, the start of the Industrial Revolution led to new crimes associated with ...

1847 - The telegraph is invented. 1850 - True shotguns in common use. In the second half of the 18th century, musket design branched out. This period produced a number of single-purpose firearms.

English naturalist Joseph Banks was the longest-serving president of the Royal Society, the oldest continuously existing scientific academy in the world. But before he served in that celebrated ...

100 games for Raphinha and what a way to celebrate. The Brazilian winger scored a hat-trick against Bayern Munich in his centenary appearance for FC Barcelona, a perfect way to mark the occasion ...

A treasure hunter who found an 18th century British Prime Minister's gold ring while trying out his new metal detector in a field has sold it for £9,500. Tom Clark, 85, swept his new device over ...

William Roller has scored a double-century and taken a hat-trick. * Kevan James took four wicket in four balls and scored a century. * Mahmudullah also took four wickets in four balls (across two ...