The sistrum was one of the most sacred musical instruments in ancient Egypt and was believed to hold powerful magical…
A rare Roman knife handle, moulded in the shape of a secutor gladiator, was found in the River Tyne at…
At 8.23am on the morning of 14 November 1994, crowds cheered as the first Eurostar train carrying fare-paying passengers under…
In the days following the sudden death, aged 49, of Robert Clive – ‘Clive of India’ – on 22 November…
Thanks to Joseph Goebbels, the film director Georg Wilhelm Pabst luxuriated in a massive budget for the dramatised documentary he…
Every fifth of November, people across the United Kingdom celebrate Guy Fawkes Night (also known as Guy Fawkes Day, Bonfire…
Kissing has been a popular practice in human society for an eternity. But its evolutionary roots are somewhat of a…
Archaeologists working in Israel have discovered a 5,000-year-old settlement at Hurvat Husham, near Beit Shemesh, as a prelude to the…
The bottom of the Mediterranean Sea holds many secrets, many of which we will never uncover. But diver archaeologists are…
A fragment of purple fabric, a sacred chiton (tunic), found in a royal tomb in Vergina, Macedonia, northern Greece, could…