In the remote east of a region once called Harikela lies Chittagong, an upper Bay of Bengal port city at the juncture of the ...

A single 4,000-year-old sheep tooth has turned a long-running mystery about an ancient plague into a concrete trail of ...

Bern, Switzerland has been named the world’s most liveable city for 2026. Discover why this quiet European capital tops global rankings for quality of life.

Too often overlooked for other European medieval hotspots such as Prague, Budapest offers up one of Europe’s most surprising Christmas market venues. The city is carved in two (Buda and Pest) by the ...

Manger scenes displayed around Christmastime usually feature an ox and an ass beside the infant Jesus. According to the ...

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A Yule log is a rolled sponge cake designed to resemble a wooden log, served during Christmas and linked to a historic winter ...

Hidden inside the narrow growth rings of Pyrenees trees lies the strongest evidence yet for what set the Black Death in ...

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Much of human history has been influenced and shaped by warfare. Warfare itself predates history, with the squabbles and fights […] ...

Archaeologists have uncovered remnants of Nya Lödöse, a forgotten 16th-century city beneath modern Gothenburg, revealing ...

Cruising down A1A in St. Augustine, with palm trees swaying and seagulls soaring overhead, you’ll suddenly slam on the brakes—because there, rising from Florida’s coastal landscape like a mirage, ...