The Roman Empire might have been bigger than we first thought. The uncovering of a hidden road network demonstrates the ...
From the Minoan royal road to the Ridgeway, ancient roads still exist today showing how past civilizations built networks ...
High on the cliffs above the Cuanza River in Angola, the fortress of Cambambe is a crumbling but imposing remnant of Portuguese colonial ambition. Built in 1604, this stone bastion played a central ...
The Koh-i-Noor diamond is the central stone in the Queen Mother's crown, which she wore to her coronation in 1937. Here's ...
Safdar Jung, the Persian-born Nawab of Awadh and later Prime Minister of a declining Mughal Empire, shaped one of the most ...
Luke Kemp, from the Centre for the Study of Existential Risk, is one of the talking heads in the BBC's new history ...
Wall St. Insights The empire of Alexander the Great ruled from Egypt to India. The countries of that region still show some Greek influence in their art, architecture, languages, and other cultural ...
The legacy of the Habsburg Empire stretches across Central and Eastern Europe, leaving behind a mosaic of grand boulevards, ...
Princeton University’s Numismatic Collection is a way to come into direct contact with the past. In addition to students ...
While Alaska has a relatively short history as a territory and state, there is much to learn about our own founding – as a state and a community. Juneau is blessed with a variety of historical sources ...