Search Results: Pub Signs

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...

A collection of eight traditional English pub signs. Top row (L to R): Mermaid Inn, Guisborough; The Hare & Hounds, Hawsker; Hop & Grape, Redcar; The Ship, Marske-by-the-Sea. Bottom row (L to R): The Victoria, Saltburn-by-the-Sea; The Plimsoll...

A collection of eight British pub signs. Top row (L to R): Dog & Bear, Lenham; Clarendon, Marske-by-the-Sea; The Loxley, Robin Hood's Bay; The Black Swan, Whitby. Bottom row (L to R): Swan & Three Cygents, Durham; Crown & Anchor, Redcar...

A collection of eight English pub signs. Top row (L to R): The Ship, Guisborough; Kings Head, Guisborough; Durham Ox, Thirsk; The Frigate, Marske-by-the-Sea. Bottom row (L to R): The Red Lion, Lenham; Royal George, Staithes; Captain Cook...

WARNING: This article contains sexually explicit language that might not be appropriate for children or teenagers. The Roman town of Pompeii was preserved in metres of volcanic material following the cataclysmic eruption of Mt. Vesuvius...

The sign for The Jolly Sailors pub in Whitby, England.

The Blind Piper Pub in Cathair Donall (Caherdaniel), County Kerry, Ireland. A very popular local pub.

A collage of features of traditional British pub interiors. Taken from The Ship, Marske-by-the-Sea; Dog & Bear, Lenham; The Ship, Saltburn-by-the-Sea; The Royal Oak, Great Ayton; The Victoria, Saltburn-by-the-Sea.

Early Elamite clay tablet with numerical signs found in Tappeh Yahya, Kerman, dating to c. 3100 to 2900 BCE (Yahya Period IVc). National Museum of Iran, Tehran, inv. no. 4065. Photo by Nima Fakoorzadeh (Baloot Noghrei) Tappeh Yahya in...

This is a classroom experiment. As Babylon grew, the language spoken on its streets changed. This remarkable tablet captures interaction between the age-old cuneiform writing for Babylonian Akkadian and the alphabetic Aramaic that ultimately...