According to legend, the Trojans migrated to Britain after the fall of Troy. A new book investigates the historicity of this legend.

Step into history in Rothenburg ob der Tauber, a perfectly preserved medieval gem in Bavaria. Founded in 1142 and made a Free ...

A ROYALIST relic from the Stuart era of British history found by a detectorist near Penrith has been classed as treasure, an ...

A vibrant Shropshire town has been declared Britain's finest market town, owing to its flourishing network of independent ...

On this day, instead of launching a dead horse or a 600-pound sow or a flaming piano into the blue sky of this pas­toral ...

Ah, autumn. The season of falling leaves, pumpkin lattes and gaggles of fresh-faced students repopulating campuses across the ...

These Italian towns and cities combine affordability, healthcare access, and lifestyle perks that retirees value most.

A trebuchet has no spring or explosive charges. It works by simple force of gravity. The lighter end of the beam is pulled down, in this case by tractors, and that elevates the great weight box. When ...

Was there any scientific basis to potions, lotions and salves that folk healers prescribed, or was it all just hocus pocus?

A person digging for fishing worms near a Swedish summer cottage recently discovered a medieval silver hoard containing up to 20,000 coins, along with rings and pendants.

Henry Cavill announced he was leaving Netflix's "The Witcher" back in 2022. Three years later, here's the why, and how Liam ...

The upcoming second wave of collectable British coins to wash over Heritage Auctions in Texas shows how important coins from ...