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This bell has a suspension ring in the form of a fist. Bells are said to have been a Chinese invention, which reached the Middle East in about 800 BCE. However, Chinese bells are struck on the exterior while the Urartian ones have a clapper...

A red-figure bell krater showing a griffin or gryphon attacking Amazons. First half of 4th century BCE. Vassil Bojkov Collection. Photographer: Marin Karavelov for the Thrace Foundation

A bronze dotaku bell, Yayoi Period, 4th-2nd century BCE, Japan. (Tokyo National Museum)

The Church of Immaculate Conception in Dusit, Bangkok, Thailand. It is the 1847 reconstruction, supervised by the influential French missionary, Monsignor Pallegoix (1805-1862). The Neo-Romanesque bell tower was added by the Austrian architect...

Pubs remain a prominent feature of the rural and urban landscapes of Britain, but their names very often date back to medieval times. Red lions, white horses, and colourful characters peer from pub signs as landlords choose names to represent...

Presented by Lisa Cooper, Associate Professor of Near Eastern Archaeology, University of British Columbia Encounters with Ancient Splendors: Gertrude Bell’s Archaeological Discoveries and Research in Mesopotamia, 1909-1914 Recent biographies...

A relaxed scene from a krater (wine-mixing vessel). Ttwo women listen while a third plays the lyre. Attributed to the Danaë Painter, c. 460 BCE. Attica, Greece. (Metropolitan Museum of Art)

This is a bowl for mixing wine and water. Greek, made in Athens around 450-440 BCE. Said to be Aegina, Greece. (The British Museum, London).

To celebrate Halloween, we investigate the story of the Bell Witch. The small town of Adams in Tennessee is home to the Bell Witch, who cursed the Bell family with a poltergeist. From the ancient civilizations of years past to the dawn...

Gertrude Bell was a global adventurer, linguist, spy, archaeologist, and much more. She was responsible for defining the borders of modern-day Iraq, and founded the country's first museum. However, her own family home in Redcar has fallen...