A secret map of Ireland's coastline played a crucial role in taking down a powerful alliance of pirates that had based itself in the southwest of Ireland in the 17th century.

There's a long and contentious history of US interest in the Arctic island, but it seems to have entered a new phase under ...

The geographical area is restricted to what is known as all of County Waterford and part of south County Kilkenny ...

Amid rising water levels, some of the country's oldest and most valuable historical artifacts are at risk of being lost ...

Throughout the history of Homo sapiens we see violence brutally inflicted by the powerful as against the powerless. History also exposes the greed and dominating nature of humans that shows no ...

This view is of Roman Londinium, but it captures the essence of prehistoric south London (left), which remained a ...

Bar is full of olive trees – at around 100,000 there are twice as many of them as there are people. They grow wild in every ...

It claimed Mr Putin had told those present he would demand six Ukrainian regions (Crimea, Sevastopol, Luhansk, Donetsk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia) be recognised as Russian as part of the ceasefire ...

Running in Rome is one of the best ways to see the sights and beat the crowds, a local art historian and runner shares.

For centuries, scientists have been trying to determine who built Stonehenge. Today, the leading theory is that several ...

The standout of the museum experience has to be the famous Montmorenci staircase. Rescued from a North Carolina plantation ...

That’s exactly the sensation that washes over you at Winterthur Museum, Garden and Library—a breathtaking 1,000-acre wonderland tucked away in Delaware’s picturesque Brandywine Valley.