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Presents details about a wicker fish trap unearthed from what was the moat surrounding the Tower of London in England. The date of the trap; Reason why the trap was preserved so well.

Looks at 2,000-year-old birch bark scrolls at the British Library which are among the earliest Buddhist manuscripts known. The work of Richard Salomon to decipher the manuscripts, which are written in a now dead language, Gandhari; How the library acquired the scrolls; What the manuscripts contain.

Reports that Whitehall palace was furnished with England's earliest Turkish bath. Why David Gaimster concluded in 1996 that a sunken tub and glazed tiles excavated in 1939 are elements of a Turkish steam bath; Whitehall having been a favorite palace of the Tudor king, Henry VIII.

Explains the mystery surrounding the discovery of a hidden room beneath a clothing shop in the old English town of Guildford. The evidence which indicates that the room was a medieval synagogue; The lack of Hebrew inscriptions.

Focuses on roof thatching in England. Existence of the handiwork since the Middle Ages; Traditional use of wheat straw; Waning of the popularity of wheat straw thatching during the 1960s; Weakening of reeds growing in Fens due to the presence of nitrogen fertilizers prompting thatchers to import water reed from Austria and Turkey.

Reports on the discovery of documents that suggest existence of life on a Roman fort established on the frontier in Northern England during 90 A.D. Retrieval of information on military regiments from the documents; Communication related to everyday life.