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?

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.

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 ...

Iran has cited a 19th-century British map as part of its dispute with the United Arab Emirates over a number of Gulf islands. Abu Musa, Greater Tunb and Lesser Tunb sit at the entrance to the ...

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.

T he Battle of Hastings is not a bother. Almost all Britons would know, as the British citizenship test demands they should, both when it was fought (1066) and who won (William the Conqueror).

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 ...

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.

World 15th century shipwreck reveals ‘surprising’ cargo and weapons for fending off pirates By Brendan Rascius January 10, 2024 10:07 AM ...