The Ladies of Llangollen built a life together in 18th century Wales, becoming famous for their shared home, joint identity ...

A pair of ancient post holes near Bulford, 5 kilometres from Stonehenge, appear to line up with the midsummer sunrise around ...

Pompeii: Out of Time with Tom Hiddleston, a three-part docudrama premiering in July 2026, follows the actor as he works ...

When Mount Vesuvius erupted in AD 79, burying Pompeii, Herculaneum and surrounding settlements beneath ash, pumice and volcanic debris, many of those caught in the disaster seem to have been taken by ...

The year is 1969, and Soviet cosmonaut Alexei Leonov has just become the first human to land on the moon. This moment marks a decisive victory for the Soviet Union and sparks a protracted space race ...

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During the final decades of the 19th century, the United States experienced a transformation of epic proportion. It was a period dubbed the Gilded Age, a term borrowed from a satirical novel by Mark ...

Iran enjoys one of the richest historical lineages of any modern state stretching back several thousand years. This history can be broadly divided into three epochs: the pre-Islamic ancient period ...

Cosimo de' Medici (later known as Cosimo the Elder) was, according to Pope Pius II, “king in all but name” of Florence. This was not entirely a compliment: like Pius's home city of Siena (a Tuscan ...

As Britain’s longest-reigning monarch – a rule of 68 years and counting – it’s fair to say that Queen Elizabeth II has probably seen it all. Prime ministers have come and gone; the royal family itself ...