There is an art to rivalry. Mastering its rules has, since ancient times, shaped cultural history over millennia.

Scientists in Britain say ancient humans may have learned to make fire far earlier than previously believed, after uncovering ...

Benin City has grown from the historic Kingdom of Benin into a vibrant metropolis with the new Museum of West African Art.

Humans likely harvested their first flames from wildfire. When they learned to make it themselves, it changed everything.

Urban populations in southern Britain experienced a decline in health that lasted for generations after the Romans arrived ...

The oldest evidence for human ancestors using fire, dating back to between 1 million and 1.5 million years ago, comes from a ...

The team behind what has been described as "one of the most significant mosaics discovered in the UK" have revealed that it ...

You're sitting in a cozy British pub, ordering what feels like a timeless classic - a ploughman's lunch. Crusty bread, sharp ...

Books about the Americas, photography, Cuba, rampant western hypocrisy, the Roman empire, Africa and much more ...

Professor Nick Ashton, curator of Palaeolithic Collections at the British Museum, said it was the "most exciting discovery of ...

On a gray afternoon in November, a group of 19 people took a walk through grassy fields to a remote Bronze Age stone circle ...