Christopher Eccleston is exploring some of history’s biggest miscarriages of justice in 'The Guilty Innocent', a gripping new ...

Looking for a historic site to visit in the summer sun? We list 10 destinations across the UK, ranging from Iron Age ...

The druids were the priests of the ancient Celts, dwelling long ago in the British Isles and Gaul (an ancient region ...

Design flaws, a lack of maintenance or unexpected accidents can all cause disaster for bridges. We explore eight of history’s ...

Ragnar Lodbrok is known for his magical and militaristic exploits, but his sons were also no slouches when it came to Viking ...

What do Jesse James, Vlad the Impaler and Robert the Bruce all have in common? Apart from being famous historical figures, they also share ancestors who are considered modern celebrities.

On 6th June 1944, Allied forces sought to turn the tide of the war by launching the biggest air, land and naval invasion the ...

As the old saying goes, there is more than one way to skin a cat. What about skinning a human? It turns out that in the ancient world there were quite a few ways to execute condemned men and women ...

Rick gets a shock when a customer brings in a Roman shield replica from the classic Hollywood movie Cleopatra. Step inside the Gold & Silver Pawn Shop on the outskirts of Las Vegas, where the Harrison ...

An aerial perspective unveils peculiar scenes: hippos inhabiting a river in Colombia, a stranded ship amidst the sandy expanse of Namibia's infamous Skeleton Coast, a Boeing 727 jetliner concealed ...