A sword engraved with Templar crosses. An ornate libation vessel hewn from alabaster. An iron box depicting Biblical images. These are some of the tantalising treasures in the possession of Carl ...

The infectious disease of smallpox ran rampant for centuries, killing millions – until an experiment on the eight-year-old ...

With intense turns in coming-of-age classics like Rebel Without a Cause, Hollywood actor James Dean left an impact lasting ...

Between 1860 and 1910, the US army, wiping out the Indian villages on the Great Plains, paved the way for the railroads...The first transcontinental railroad was built with blood, sweat, politics and ...

The unlikely escapades of Oliver Cromwell's head Exhumed upon the orders of King Charles II in 1681, Cromwell's corpse was ritually hanged and his embalmed head was put on public display but the story ...

When it comes to disgusting events in history, you can’t get much worse than the Erfurt Latrine Disaster. Also known as the Erfurter Latrinensturz in German – translating to 'Erfurt latrine fall' – ...

She may officially be Catherine, Princess of Wales, but many – even those in the media – still fondly refer to the future queen simply as Kate Middleton. It’s a testament to how intensely popular she ...

Even now, 30 years after his death, Ayrton Senna remains one of the most iconic figures in Formula One history. For casual and long-time followers of the sport, his name continues to be associated ...

It was in the officers' mess of the British Army’s 11th Devonshire Regiment stationed in the Indian town of Jabalpur (Jubbulpore as it was then known) in 1875 that lieutenant Neville Francis ...

Franklin D Roosevelt was the US President famous for his New Deal who hid his disability from the world and didn't live to see the Allies' victory over Germany in WW II. Roosevelt was born into a ...

The Allies would have faced not only enemy soldiers and ferocious kamikaze raids, but also what the US strategists described as ‘a fanatically hostile population’ of civilians. Millions of men, women ...

Revolutions That Changed History exposes the complex truth behind ancient revolutions and revolts, from the epic, action-packed, bloody battlegrounds to the intimate exchanges between confidants that ...