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 ...

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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Q: How and when did the Roman Republic first come about? A: The Roman Republic actually went through a series of phases, which historians usually refer to as the early, mid and late Republic. The ...

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 ...

We know about the Vikings' Great Army from very brief references in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. It says that a ‘mycel hæþen’ – which is Old English for ‘great army’ – landed in East Anglia in AD 865.

It is impossible today to imagine a world without what are known as Hindu-Arabic numerals. These nine symbols or digits (1 to 9) and zero (0) – crucially, together with the system of arranging them in ...

The few references to drug taking in the ancient world that do exist are few and far between. Where they do appear, drugs are mentioned in passing, and focus on medicinal and religious aspects, ...

Famous for: Being Britain’s most notorious fascist. He founded and was leader of the British Union of Fascists (BUF) from 1932 to 1940. He was also leader of the BUF’s successor, the Union Movement, ...

Andrew Roberts: "If we topple Nelson, what do we do about the pyramids, built at least in part by slave labour?" Although it is completely illogical, ahistorical and unfair to natural justice to judge ...

The Roman empire was by no means the largest in history: in fact 25 others have occupied a larger land mass either before or since. Yet very few can boast as wide-reaching an influence and impact. At ...