The Druids weren’t just priests — they were judges, healers, teachers, and political power brokers across Celtic Europe. To Rome, that made them dangerous. During the Gallic Wars and the conquest of ...

Across the Mediterranean, hulking Roman harbors, aqueducts and amphitheaters still stand where modern concrete would have ...

Perhaps also surprising, the remains of cats and artistic depictions of them have been observed in various archaeological ...

Traces of Stone Age feasts, a Roman battle in the hills of southern Scotland, and an amulet once thought to be imbued with ...

A local walk reveals a plaque claiming Chadwell Heath was named after St Chad’s Well—sparking a question about whether this is how the ...

Traces of Stone Age feasts, a Roman battle in the hills of southern Scotland, and an amulet once thought to be imbued with magical powers have been revealed among the most tantalising archaeological ...

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Gentz called the American Revolution “defensive” and the French one “offensive.” Maistre traced the latter’s most offensive ...

If you look puzzled, or answer in your clearest English, “I’m sorry, I don’t understand, kid, I’m from Minnesota,” he will call in the troops: “Marek! Krzysztof! Piotr! Chodzi tu!” Each kid has a deck ...

Is Putin a traditional Russian leader or, on the contrary, – does he represent a new type? Peter Pomerantsev: Putin is not a typical leader of Russia. He is a model authoritarian leader of the ...

The conflagration was a decisive propaganda victory for the Patriots, but there’s evidence, suppressed at the time, that they actually ordered the burning.

Analysis of latrine sediments at the Roman fort of Vindolanda has revealed that at least three parasites were widespread among Roman soldiers.