The 17th-century artist’s likeness of the young Hapsburg, currently on view at the Norton Simon Museum in California, ...

History is full of surprises, and some discoveries challenge everything we thought we knew about ancient civilizations. The ...

A live cockroach, water not meeting drinking standards and moistening fingers with saliva before handling food were other violations.

The equal rulers returned England to Protestant rule and began a new era of royal leadership defined by parliamentary oversight ...

The Rassam Cylinder is an ancient clay cylinder containing cuneiform inscriptions that describe the reign and military ...

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Searching for the brother I lost in Assad’s prisons in a free Syria The Assad regime disappeared my brother in 2018. Now that my country is free, I have renewed hope that I may find him.

Revolving around two career criminals and a Thameside mansion, The Burial Plot is a gripping historical thriller about murder ...

Queen Victoria’s reign (1837–1901) saw an unprecedented expansion of media, making her one of the most recognizable monarchs in history. Prints, photographs, and paintings like this one helped ...

One of Britain's most well-known racecourses, Ascot holds a special week of races in June each year called Royal Ascot, attended by The King and Queen, who has had an interest in horses since ...

The royal family’s line of succession shifted after Queen Elizabeth died in 2022 at age 96 and King Charles immediately became king. Elizabeth II, the eldest daughter of George VI and Queen ...

Is your baby legendary? Yeah — that was a rhetorical question. Of course they are!! That's why we've come up with a list of mythical names that come from different mythologies from all around the ...