For centuries, ground-up mummy was a medical mainstay in Europe – but that was far from the only way that ancient remains ...

Sigurd the Stout’s mother promised that her banner would win him a battle, but warned that its bearer would die. Judith Jesch ...

Despite there being no evidence that he existed, belief in an impossibly powerful and wealthy ruler of a Christian empire in ...

Older and much bigger than the Parthenon, this white marble monument in modern-day Turkey became the model for ancient Greek ...

He survived battlefield wounds and conquered an empire stretching from the Mediterranean to India. So when Alexander the ...

Stories of a remarkable birth, promises of salvation and the announcement of “good news” surrounded Rome’s first emperor.

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Rome attributed its founding, religious institutions and early political organisation to seven kings. These mythical monarchs ...

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Having pondered the traits that mark out those who reach the top of the tree and achieve greatness there, Mike Soutar – host ...