But the Brits are the people of a great nation, the people of ‘the sun never set’, the people of Shakespeare, Milton, Homer, ...

The story behind the "Old Glory" nickname for the American flag dates back to a 19th-century ship captain, who proudly protected the flag from Confederate forces during the Civil War ...

Teeth from an elderly man who lived around the time that the earliest pyramids were built have yielded the first full human genome sequence from ancient Egypt. “It’s incredibly exciting and ...

This ancient Egyptian left behind 4,500-year-old DNA. Researchers recreated his face. Scientists have for the first time sequenced the most complete and oldest ancient Egyptian genome ever found ...

A group of historians in the Province of Antique has embarked on a historical investigation on a 127-year-old Philippine flag preserved by a family in the Municipality of San Jose.

A Cambodian tourist sparked a clash with Thai visitors when she posed with the national flag at a disputed ancient Khmer temple on the border. Footage shows the female holidaymaker in a long skirt ...

The 2,000-Year-Old ‘Perfume Garden’ in the Ancient City of Pompeii Has Been Restored to Its Former Glory The small garden now features thousands of roses, violets, cherry trees and vines ...

Remote cave discovery shows ancient voyagers brought rice across 2,300 km of Pacific Ocean by Hsiao-chun Hung, The Conversation edited by Gaby Clark, reviewed by Andrew Zinin Editors' notes ...

The combination of top-class pampering, art and ancient history makes for a wonderful break – and yet Kazanlak and its surroundings are still blessedly free of tourist crowds.

Japanese researchers turned to “experimental archaeology” to study how ancient humans navigated powerful ocean currents and migrated offshore.

A boomerang discovered in a Polish cave was originally dated as 18,000 years old, but it may have been contaminated by preservation materials. A new estimate suggests the mammoth-ivory artefact is ...

Once you hit it, it feels like jackpot,” Bulgarian Dimitrov, the only man left in the singles with a one-handed backhand, told reporters.