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Behind the myth of the Minotaur lies the ancient Minoan civilisation – a culture steeped in ritual, rich in symbolism, and ...

When Old Norse explorers reached North America, they made history. But their brief, violent encounter with its indigenous ...

A landmark US law passed more than 50 years ago helped build the world’s most successful national women’s football team.

Historian Tom Holland uncovers how politics, myth and maternal ambition collided in the scandalous reign of the Roman emperor ...

Journalist and author Phil Tinline explores how a fake 1960s document convinced millions – and reveals what it says about ...

From her first husband to theories surrounding her death, test your knowledge on Cleopatra ...

During the Second World War, thousands of Allied pilots were deployed on a mission so dangerous, and so overshadowed by the rest of the conflict, that many referred to themselves grimly by the acronym ...

In 14th-century England, the prevailing experience wasn’t of medieval splendour, of chivalric knights, illuminated manuscripts and mighty monarchs. From the early 1300s to the century’s close, England ...

Two swords from the Roman empire have been found in a field in the English county of Gloucestershire, and their excavation has led to the discovery of a previously unknown Iron Age settlement, as well ...