Tens of thousands of Vikings flowed into northern England beginning in the late 9th century, first as an invading army and then as a wave of migrants. A 10th-century illustration depicts a Viking ...

The poet and translator Irina Jurčuk, a native of the city of Kharkov on the border between the two countries, the epicentre of the ongoing conflict, has published her book ‘The Overpass’ ...

During the 60s and 70s, Iran experienced a cultural effervescence and women's voting rights despite the authoritarian regime ...

Archaeologists have uncovered an “elite” Anglo-Saxon site on land that once belonged to one of England’s most legendary kings ...

The 1,400 year-old "sand burials" of two people and a horse were found near a nuclear power plant construction site in the U.K. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

There are certain accoutrements that rulers across time appear to have agreed are necessary symbols of power. You probably want a crown, which might be made of precious metal, leaves, or possibly even ...

A metal detectorist has uncovered some ancient jewels in England, believed to be from a ritual or an effort by individuals to preserve their wealth, as published in the Oxford Journal of Archaeology.

"If anyone says they don't get excited about finding a sword, they're definitely lying," archaeologist Len Middleton says. He has been on the team that has discovered a "princely" grave of a horse ...

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A pair of baby goats dumped in a dustbin in freezing conditions when they were just hours old have had a miraculous escape. There seemed little prospect that Biffa and Veolia, both Anglo Nubian goats, ...

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Illustrated specially from the Semi-Pagan Text “Lacnunga”. By J. H. G. Grattan and Charles Singer. (Publications of the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum, New ...