Petrified wood is one of the most sought-after materials in the world for both its aesthetic value and its scientific value. But in Indonesia, miners who risk their lives to dig it up barely make ...

Skip to content viewer section. The Saxons were the latest of all the German tribes to enter the orbit of medieval civilization. They were neither Christian nor civilized before 800. But in spite of ...

Northern Brittania was facing incursions by the Picts from north east Scotland, while from across the North Sea came the Germanic tribes - the Angles, Saxons and the Jutes. These events set off a ...

The Romans associated pants with barbarism and eventually banned them, but the legwear eventually became commonplace nonetheless.

But he was stopped by a confederation of Roman soldiers and Germanic tribes. Defeating the great Attila might seem to be a sign of Rome’s strength, but many historians believe this moment ...

Early Germanic tribes of northern Europe were first to develop runes, but the Scandinavians soon adopted the symbols for their own use. When the seafaring Vikings traveled to faraway lands ...