History

Scientists think they may have finally cracked the age-old mystery of how 31 pyramids, including the famous Great Pyramid of…

Once a must-visit holiday resort, now the leftovers of a warzone: in its 1960s heyday, Kupari in the former Yugoslavia was prized…

Baron Pierre de Coubertin may have stood at a modest 5’3″, but his impact on the 20th century was nothing…

Every 9 May, Europeans celebrate Europe Day, a commemorative occasion that honours the inception of the continent’s political and economic…

Polish prosecutors have ended an investigation into human skeletons found at a site where German dictator Adolf Hitler and other…

Archaeologists have unearthed an ancient Greek helmet from burial mounds in southern Croatia, shedding new light on the history of the…

Eighty years ago, on April 21, 1944, France decreed that women would have the right to vote in postwar elections.…

Reviews are in for Back to Black, the new Amy Winehouse biopic from director Sam Taylor-Johnson. While very few outlets…

It’s nearing the last month of the year, and that means that we’re getting our yearly batch of predictions from…

An imposing banquet hall, with elegant black walls decorated with mythological subjects inspired by the Trojan War, was discovered during…