In the early stages of the First World War, Brits and Germans came together on the frontlines to pause the fighting for ...

Introducing Life Lessons from History, packed with advice from the past to help us live better, happier, healthier, or more ...

In an era when candidates were expected to remain silent, detached and above the chase for votes, James Garfield’s improvised ...

A seemingly simple question opens up difficult debates about ancient Roman beauty ideals and social hierarchy, and reveals ...

Two near-fatal attacks on Saladin by the Nizari Ismailis reveal a Middle Eastern landscape far more complex than the usual ...

A new theory proposes that the Bayeux Tapestry was designed to deliver moral messages to medieval monks over dinner ...

Henry VIII planned a monumental tomb to match his power and legacy. Instead, the king who reshaped England’s relationship with Rome now lies beneath a small, easily missed slab. Here’s how three Tudor ...

At a glance, the fall of the Aztec empire in the early 16th century seems like one of history’s clearest before-and-after moments: a powerful empire crushed almost instantly by a handful of Spanish ...

Few historical figures have been discussed and debated as much as Adolf Hitler. We have a wealth of primary source material available to us about his life, including his autobiographical manifesto ...

The gladiators of ancient Rome are nearly always imagined as figures of perfect physical presence. They’re popularly pictured as lean, muscular and bronzed from their bouts under the Mediterranean sun ...