During the Second Punic War, the famous Carthaginian general Hannibal led his forces to numerous victories. But did he really take war elephants across the Alps?

As Europe lay in ruins following the end of the Second World War, Churchill’s instinct was to punish the surviving Nazi ...

Rather than focusing on the risk to the Bayeux Tapestry in its forthcoming loan to the British Museum, David Musgrove argues ...

From dealing with nits to learning the three Rs, ancient Roman childhood bore some striking similarities to the modern ...

Before picket lines and unionisation, ancient Egyptian artisans learned that collectively withdrawing labour could force even ...