The very land we call "ours" once belonged to others. How did ancient people live on that land? What was important to them? Are we more alike than we are different? Explore this collection to find answers.
After King Edward I (of England) removed the Stone of Scone (from Scotland), in 1296, he ordered the creation of a special throne (called the Coronati...
Cortona, located in today's Tuscany, is an ancient city with a gorgeous view.
The lochs of Scotland and Ireland hold many secrets. Among them are crannogs, ancient conical homes built upon the waters of the lochs that sculpt the...
Darius I the Great King of Persia
As a pyroclastic flow races toward Pompeii, people in the town fear for their lives. Thousands of years later, when excavators begin to uncover what h...
In the summer of 451 AD, the Roman general Aetius assembled a military force to resist the advances of Attila the Hun. Theodoric, King of the Visigoth...
Even before Rome left Britannia, Anglo-Saxons tried to invade Britain. The Romans defended against such invasions by building forts along Britain''s c...
What did ancient people see when they arrived at Olympia to participate in the ancient Olympics or to worship at the Altis Sanctuary?Experts have piec...
Diplodocus was a massive dinosaur which ate plants. It had a really long tail which served as a counter-balance to its really long neck.
Learn about Vikings and artifacts from the Viking-era which archaeologists are finding at Norwegian burial sites.
People and animals, who became victims of Vesuvius in 79 AD, were buried in hot volcanic ash. As the ash hardened (volcanic ash does not dissolve in w...
The well-preserved remains of a young boy, referred to as the El Plomo Mummy, were discovered, in 1954, on Cerro El Plomo.
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