From prehistoric burials to overcrowded Victorian churchyards, this is what our treatment of the dead throughout history says about the living ...
Showman and psychic researcher Harry Price turned Borley Rectory into a national sensation, and its infamy as a haunted house ...
Religious reformer Martin Luther’s message of spiritual freedom helped ignite the German Peasants’ War of 1525. But before ...
Imagine losing your livelihood in 16th-century England. There was no welfare state, no pensions, no hospitals or residential homes for the elderly, and no benefits for the sick. If you were injured, ...
The strange and powerful symbol at the heart of one of history’s greatest temples reveals the importance of the goddess ...
Set alight by Reformation hopes and long-standing grievances, the German Peasants’ War looked like it might successfully ...
Beneath the mosaic floors of Roman villas, an ingenious system of underfloor heating transformed warmth into a mark of power ...
The Norse peoples of the Viking Age held much of western Europe tightly in their grip thanks to their imperious command of the sea. Their prowess as seafarers let them strike their targets at speed ...
Long before the Bible, an ancient Mesopotamian civilisation predicted one of its most famous stories
When most people think of a legendary flood of world-ending proportions, their mind will jump to the story of Noah; a man chosen by God to build an ark, gather animals and survive a divine global ...
It’s not too often that medieval historians grab national headlines, but when you get an Oxford academic counting penises in a world-famous embroidery, you’re sure to arouse media attention. On ...
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