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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 ...

Sigurd the Stout’s mother promised that her banner would win him a battle, but warned that its bearer would die. Judith Jesch ...

Stories of a remarkable birth, promises of salvation and the announcement of “good news” surrounded Rome’s first emperor.

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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 ...