From tail-wagging agents of battle to divine deities, ancient Mesopotamia’s civilisations saw dogs as more than just pets.

With the news that Bayeux Tapestry will be loaned to the UK confirmed, Dr David Musgrove examines the politics surrounding ...

Responsible for daring assignments like Operation Postmaster, the Special Operations Executive (SOE) was given a mission to ...

From exploding tinned food to covert assaults and code-breaking schemes, Ian Fleming’s real-life wartime exploits were just ...

Two rare Roman cavalry swords discovered in a Gloucestershire field have sparked the excavation of a previously unknown Iron ...

From seasonal intimacy schedules to open-air nudity, ancient Greco-Roman thinkers had no shortage of theories on how to stay ...

In the aftermath of the Second World War, as the Soviet Union imposed ideological control across Eastern Europe, the CIA ...

In 2020, analysis of a skull fragment discovered at Newgrange, County Meath, led to sensational claims of royal incest within ...

The Achaemenid Persian Empire grew to become the largest contiguous land empire then known to man, impressing both friend and foe alike with its relatively benign administration drawing on religious ...

Lombroso found Villella interesting, given his extraordinary agility and cynicism as well as his tendency to boast of his escapades and abilities. After Villella’s death, Lombroso conducted a ...

Names like Odin and Thor are commonly known. But if can’t tell your Aesir from your Vanir, or don’t know what animals pulled Freyja’s chariot, or which of the gods and goddesses survived Ragnarök, ...

Bethlem was founded in 1247 and through most of its history reflected contemporary views on the treatment and care of people with a mental illness. There was, however, a darker period when the ...