18thcentury

A New Jersey woman paid $25 for a mouldy table at a garage sale; 30 years later, it was identified as a rare 18th-century card table made by John Seymour & Son and sold for $541,500

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A New Jersey woman paid $25 for a mouldy table at a garage sale; 30 years later, it was identified as a rare 18th-century card table made by John Seymour & Son and sold for $541,500

A New Jersey schoolteacher who bought a mouldy, pitch-black table at a garage sale for just $25 ended up owning a rare piece of American furniture worth more than half a million dollars. Claire Wiegand-Beckmann purchased the table roughly three decades before it appeared on Antiques Roadshow, when she was moving into a new home … Read more

In 1995, strange marks appeared in a photograph of an English estate; 31 years later, archaeologists say they may have uncovered the foundations of a lost 18th-century building

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In 1995, strange marks appeared in a photograph of an English estate; 31 years later, archaeologists say they may have uncovered the foundations of a lost 18th-century building

Representative image from Canva In the summer of 1995, an unusual photograph of Temple Newsam, a historic estate in Leeds, England, captured strange marks across the grass. To Mike Turpin and other local archaeology enthusiasts, the patterns looked like they could reveal foundations hidden beneath the lawn. More than three decades later, their suspicion has … Read more

In 2013, St Agnes and Gugh began removing invasive rats brought by 18th-century shipwrecks; 12 years later, Manx shearwater breeding sites rose from 22 to a record 225

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In 2013, St Agnes and Gugh began removing invasive rats brought by 18th-century shipwrecks; 12 years later, Manx shearwater breeding sites rose from 22 to a record 225

In the latest 2025 monitoring data, St Agnes and Gugh recorded 225 apparently occupied breeding sites (AOBs) for Manx shearwaters In 2013, a major conservation effort began on St Agnes and Gugh in the Isles of Scilly to remove brown rats that had been harming nesting seabirds. According to the Isles of Scilly Wildlife Trust, … Read more