Denmark has a lot of Viking history, and you can see it in many places. Old forts, rune stones, and burial mounds tell stories of warriors, leaders, a.

An Ice Age double burial in Italy has yielded a stunning genetic revelation. DNA from a mother and daughter who lived over 12,000 years ago shows that the younger had a rare inherited growth disorder, ...

Known as Mardi Gras in French-speaking cultures, Fat Tuesday is also called Carnival Tuesday, Shrove Tuesday and Pancake ...

The narrative then follows the transformation brought by Christianity, including the creation of the Anno Domini system by the Roman monk Dionysius Exiguus in the 6th century. It explains how AD ...

A recent archaeological discovery has left researchers shocked and could change what we know about ancient Romans. Back in the summer of 2025, researchers in the UK visited the Roman Fort Magna in ...

Deep in the deserts of Iraq, the lost city of Charax Spasinou has finally been found. It seems it had been hiding under the Earth for more than a mill.

The fast-moving species lived about 215 million years ago and is described as a “reptilian greyhound”.

An ancient Roman classic storms modern bestseller charts, proving power, scandal and empire still grip today’s readers., ...

New research from the University of Portsmouth reveals that during the Great Plague of 1665, Londoners relied on published death statistics to make critical daily decisions about where to go, whom to ...

The British Museum removed references to “Palestine” from some ancient Middle East displays. The decision has drawn criticism ...

The new campaign mapped an orthogonal street grid - straight axes and insula-like blocks - typical of planned Roman foundations. Within that layout, the drone data traced a large rectangular forum ...

Ancient bacteria found frozen in cave resistant to 10 types of antibiotics - 5,000-year-old microorganisms could add to the challenge of antibiotic resistance, but may also offer scientists help ...