The oil: Judah Makabee ordered the Temple to be purified, and a new altar to be built in place of the one polluted by pig’s ...

Most Swiss families have a coat of arms. This may come as a surprise abroad, where heraldry is often the preserve of nobility.

Hebron Baptist Church's Bethlehem Village "brings into focus that big things happen in small places," spokesman Ken Bryant said.

There have been many “empires of the sword” but very few “empires of the spirit,” and India was one of them, said historian ...

Archaeological work at Barham Quarry has unearthed a beautiful coin. The coin in question is a silver denarius of the later ...

Archaeological discoveries often reveal intriguing glimpses into the past, and recent excavations at the Taposiris Magna ...

Egyptologists are arguing whether a bust just found at Taposiris Magna actually depicts the famed empress Cleopatra VII.

Recent excavations at Taposiris Magna near Alexandria have uncovered a marble bust of a woman believed to be the 'true face' of Cleopatra.

Millennia of history came before the war on the same soil, called Darazya, so when researchers started to excavate the site in 2021 and 2022, they found more than just the remains ...

Archaeologists have discovered a "unique" ancient Roman drinking vessel mysteriously embedded in an Anglo-Saxon burial from the early 6th century A.D. The burial is one of 49 that were interred ...

Brutus killed Caesar and wanted to take his place. A coin pushing his claims has sold for £1.64 million. Find out why here.

Alfred's grandson, Athelstan, pushed English power north as far as Scotland and was the first king to claim to ... as a weak king of England in the 11th century. Ethelred gave the Vikings gold ...