We sit down for a coffee with veteran Sudanese-British broadcaster Zeinab Badawi, who discusses the value of history and the ...

American and other Western servicemen in Afghanistan claim they had witnessed, if not fought and killed, actual giants hiding ...

When the Romans took everything from Boudica, they seriously underestimated the formidable warrior queen—and they would come ...

A new study published in the journal Scientific Reports indicates that ancient warriors ate the brains of their enemies. The particularly gruesome form of celebration was a common occurrence for ...

Levi's and Wrangler jeans are pure Americana, but millions of pairs of the fashion staple are shipped from a factory in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi. But the site risks closure, with the US law that ...

New discoveries are breaking old assumptions about Viking women, rewriting history by restoring them to their rightful place ...

Digenes Akritas is an epic poem from the Byzantine Empire. It follows the exploits of the titular hero in the Byzantine ...

The Golden State Warriors made a splash acquisition before the NBA trade deadline, sending away Andrew Wiggins, their 2025 first-round pick, and multiple other players to land Miami Heat forward ...

Built in 1912, this iconic steamboat's claim to fame is its role in the 1951 film, "The African Queen," starring Humphrey Bogart and Katharine Hepburn. The vessel has a storied history that spans ...

At first whiff, it sounds repulsive: sniff the essence of an ancient corpse. But researchers who indulged their curiosity in the name of science found that well-preserved Egyptian mummies actually ...

But for one evening in January, modern farming techniques are set aside for an ancient ritual called ... Then the evening’s “wassail queen” (who symbolizes fertility and abundance ...

Sudan has around 255 pyramids - more than twice as many as its neighbour - built by the ancient Kingdom of Kush, which once ruled over parts of both Sudan and Egypt. The pyramids are mostly ...