Construction workers were struck by a “long piece of iron” while cleaning a small river known as the Korte Linschoten, the ...

The markings don’t stop there: on one side, the sword a circle with an X layered inside, known as a sun wheel or sonnenrad.

Two centuries after his downfall, Napoleon remains both revered and controversial in France — but above all, unavoidable.

After Hollywood's "Napoleon" exposed the legendary emperor to a new generation, over 100 relics -- which shaped empires, ...

The Hollywood epic “Napoleon” exposed the legendary emperor to a new generation. Now over 100 relics are on display in Paris ahead of what experts call one of the most important ...

Sgt Lawrence served in South America and fought throughout the Napoleonic wars. During Waterloo, on 18 June 1815, his 40th Regiment of Foot was in the thick of the battle.

The military parade to mark the Army's 250th anniversary and its convergence with President Donald Trump's 79th birthday are combining to create a peacetime outlier in U.S. history. Yet it still ...

A Napoleonic prisoner of war camp buried under a field in Cambridgeshire has been bought by a trust with the intention of preserving it as a historic site. Norman Cross, the world's first purpose ...

A Napoleonic prisoner of war camp buried under a field in Cambridgeshire has been bought by a trust with the intention of preserving it as a historic site. Norman Cross, the world’s first ...

A Napoleonic prisoner of war camp buried under a field in Cambridgeshire has been bought by a trust with the intention of preserving it as a historic site. Norman Cross, the world’s first ...

In 2007, a gold-encrusted sword that Napoleon wore into the Battle of Marengo sold for $6.5 million, a record price for a weapon sold at auction. This story was originally published on May 1.