The moments when four ancient worlds faced disaster are brought to life in an epic new series exploring Rome, Egypt, the Aztecs and the samurai of Japan. Drawing on the beautiful art and artefacts ...

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Modern technology, new excavations and curious amateurs have helped unearth some of the world's greatest treasures in the last 50 years.

There is absolutely no historical evidence that a man called Chanakya ever lived during Mauryan times (300 BC) or that he ...

The story of Greek presence on the island of Great Britain is a tale of trading, entrepreneurship, religion, royalty and war.

Ciara Farrell, a Kennel Club Historian, tells Country Living: "Dog ‘breeds’, as we know them today, are a fairly modern ...

Two years ago, the American Museum of Natural History in New York released a video that vividly illustrates the evolution of ...

Built between the 9th and 7th centuries BC, the Fortress of Van overlooks the modern-day city of the same name and the ruins ...

Other Roman emperors met far more bloody ends than the cheese-loving Antoninus. Nero committed suicide; Galba was murdered by ...

Protected by Rome and allowed to continue their religion, everything was fine until rebellion in Judaea led to a major change in the practice of their faith. By the beginning of the first century AD, ...