In Norse mythology, winters without summer herald the destruction of the gods. Could this legend preserve memories of ...
As recently as the 20th century, a major killer disease in the UK was ‘marsh fever’ or ‘ague’ – or malaria by another name ...
Despite there being no evidence that he existed, belief in an impossibly powerful and wealthy ruler of a Christian empire in ...
For centuries, ground-up mummy was a medical mainstay in Europe – but that was far from the only way that ancient remains ...
Older and much bigger than the Parthenon, this white marble monument in modern-day Turkey became the model for ancient Greek ...
He survived battlefield wounds and conquered an empire stretching from the Mediterranean to India. So when Alexander the ...
Stories of a remarkable birth, promises of salvation and the announcement of “good news” surrounded Rome’s first emperor.
Sigurd the Stout’s mother promised that her banner would win him a battle, but warned that its bearer would die. Judith Jesch ...
Why would our Iron Age forebears smash craniums and sharpen bones? A forensic archaeological study suggests these were acts ...
The Bayeux Tapestry is being displayed in the UK as part of a landmark exhibition at the British Museum in London. The embroidery is normally housed at the Bayeux Tapestry Museum in Normandy, but a ...
African-Americans had wilfully violated the segregation of public transport before Rosa Parks, even in her hometown of Montgomery, Alabama, where 15-year-old Claudette Colvin was arrested nine months ...
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