Since January 2025, the tomb of Emperor Otto the Great in Magdeburg Cathedral has been the subject of extensive investigations. After the stone sarcophagus was opened in early March 2025, the work ...

Timothy Garton Ash on the shocks that fuelled a populist challenge — and how the liberal centre could yet hold ...

Assassins, royal marriages and diplomatic gift-giving: historian and archaeologist Max Adams explains how the kings of Mercia ...

Charlemagne, one of history’s most powerful rulers, refused to let his daughters marry. Was he protecting his dynasty - or consolidating control? This episode delves into Frankish court politics, ...

The fall of an empire is supposed to be a dramatic thing. It’s right there in the name. “Fall” conjures up images of fluted temple columns toppling to the ground, pulled down by fur-clad ...

Making of an empire. As a bold young man, Chandragupta Maurya, the future king of the Mauryan Empire, allegedly offered some brash advice to Alexander the Great, who had crossed the Indus River ...

Perched on a hill overlooking the town of Alès, the site, which was salvaged before construction on modern houses began, also ...

The young conqueror fell suddenly and fatally ill at an all-night feast. Now, a Stanford historian has found a potential ...

The story of Constantinople is a fascinating one that dates back millennia to when this mega-city was a small Greek town ...

In the Star Wars Universe, the Empire’s military and government have a long and storied history. We’ve seen Moffs, Admirals, and Directors, among other ranks and titles, making it hard to ...

The name Advent (From the Latin word Adventus, which signifies a coming) is applied, in the Latin Church, to that period of the year, during which the Church requires the faithful to prepare for ...

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