How did the Holy Roman Empire come into being? This video traces its origins from the fall of the Western Roman Empire ...

Pope Leo XIV marks a significant moment on his first foreign trip to Turkey with a pilgrimage to Iznik, the site of the ...

Leo’s visit includes meetings with Turkey’s President and a focus on supporting Turkey’s small Catholic community.

A Europe-focused study published in the journal Science examined 87 ancient and modern cat genomes and found that the domestic cat, which has the scientific name Felis catus, originated in North ...

Step back into the world of Ancient Rome, mapped out through Google Earth with unit placements that bring history to life.

In four episodes, the BBC’s Civilisations series tells the story of the fall of the Romans, Aztecs, Egypt’s Ptolemies and ...

Women secured critical progress in the Roman republic. Their rights were rolled back with the republic's collapse.

Was the 1521 surrender of the great Indigenous empire to the Spanish crown a triumphant conquest, an existential tragedy—or even a genocide? Generations of Mexican schoolchildren were taught the story ...

A compelling creation myth was a must for every ancient civilisation, but Rome decided that one just wasn’t enough. In myth ...

A cauldron, chariot parts, ornate jewelry: Precious objects found in the Melsonby Hoard are shedding new light into the rituals of Iron Age Britain.

London South East prides itself on its community spirit, and in order to keep the chat section problem free, we ask all members to follow these simple rules. In these rules, we refer to ourselves as ...