Thousands of people are set to descend on York as Europe’s largest Viking festival, the JORVIK Viking Festival, returns to the city.

Thousands of people are set to descend on York as Europe’s largest Viking festival, the JORVIK Viking Festival, returns to ...

Deep beneath the ruins of Tiwanaku, Bolivia, lie tunnels lined with stalactites that challenge everything we think we know about human history. Some researchers claim these formations are 12,000 years ...

Greg Jenner is joined in medieval Scandinavia by historian Dr Eleanor Barraclough and comedian Chloe Petts to learn about the ...

Carvings uncovered in the Canadian Arctic may be the earliest portraits of the Vikings created in the Americas. But archaeologists have been puzzling over whether the artwork really shows the infamous ...

A Yup'ik community near the Bering Sea in southwest Alaska was spared the widespread devastation other communities ...

Archaeologists in Sweden have uncovered a Viking-age woman’s burial in a place where people had already lived, worked, and ...

History is a complex web of triumph, tragedy, and change, but it isn’t immune to the threads of misinformation and misconceptions. There are “facts” that are often passed down through generations and ...

The charming town takes visitors back over 1,000 years through its well-preserved buildings and pretty cobbled streets.

Imagine stumbling upon a piece of genuine history while doing something totally mundane, like cleaning out your garage or ...

ROME (AP) — The man who just took charge of Rome’s top tourist attraction wants to set the record straight: the Colosseum won ...

From Roman ruins to candlelit alleyways, this walled city invites travelers to explore the chilling stories that linger where ...