As celebrations began on the East Coast for the first Fourth of July, a distant Colorado was untouched by British colonials. What did Colorado look like?

The spring equinox on March 20 prededed the British empire’s literal sunset. Credit: Reddit / TuTiempo.net It didn’t stay dark for Britain too long, however.

To learn more about a 15th-century city known as Guiengola, a team led by Pedro Guillermo Ramón Celis, a post-doctoral fellow at McGill University in Canada, used lidar to map out the site in ...

Art History What 15th-Century Lovers Wrote in Their Valentines One of the oldest Valentine's in the world proves chivalry wasn't always dead.

Most of the Mamluk coins in the hoard were minted during the reign of Sultan al-Ashraf Barsbay, from 1422 to 1438, Kool wrote. There are also a few coins from other locations in Southern Europe ...

15th century Mexico witnessed child sacrifices to assuage rain god: Study New research has revealed that remains 42 children, unearthed at Templo Mayor, were linked to a severe drought that ...

Most agree the British Empire lasted for almost 400 years - fom the 16th century until the late 20th century. However, the Roman Empire last for nearly 1,500 years - from 27 BCE to 1453 CE.

Those lessons beckon today for Britain, and America, too. In the end, the empire — “the red on the map” — was a symbol, not the basis, of British influence. The home islands themselves, it could be ...

Dr. Irving Finkel holding the "oldest map in the world" Credit: The British Museum The map called Imago Mundi, showing an aerial view of Mesopotamia that dates back to the 6th century BC has been ...

The British Empire was truly massive during its height. At one point in time, the Empire comprised 23% of the world's total population and 24% of the world's total land area. It's for this reason ...

In 1912, the British Empire held sway over 412 million people, 23 percent of the global population at the time, and covered 14million square miles, 24 percent of the earth.

A third map juxtaposes the Mongol kingdom's holdings with those of the Roman Empire at its second-century peak, showing that of the two, the latter would fit neatly inside the former.