Horses are instinctively wired to run from danger. So how did medieval armies train them to thunder towards enemy lines ...
In the early stages of the First World War, Brits and Germans came together on the frontlines to pause the fighting for ...
Introducing Life Lessons from History, packed with advice from the past to help us live better, happier, healthier, or more ...
In an era when candidates were expected to remain silent, detached and above the chase for votes, James Garfield’s improvised ...
A seemingly simple question opens up difficult debates about ancient Roman beauty ideals and social hierarchy, and reveals ...
Two near-fatal attacks on Saladin by the Nizari Ismailis reveal a Middle Eastern landscape far more complex than the usual ...
A new theory proposes that the Bayeux Tapestry was designed to deliver moral messages to medieval monks over dinner ...
At a glance, the fall of the Aztec empire in the early 16th century seems like one of history’s clearest before-and-after moments: a powerful empire crushed almost instantly by a handful of Spanish ...
Halley’s Comet was last seen from Earth in 1986 and is expected to return in 2061. It’s widely taken for granted that the Stuart astronomer Edmond Halley was the first to recognise its roughly 76-year ...
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