Featured artefacts from The British Museum’s world-famous collection include the double-headed serpent of the Aztecs, the ...

By most historical accounts, the Roman Emperor Caligula was a nightmare–a sadistic, debaucherous, and unstable despot.

Archaeologists in northern Britain discovered 13-inch shoes at the ancient Roman Magna Fort, raising questions about the towering soldiers who defended the empire.

As specialists cleaned and studied the rooms in the Apostolic Palace, they learned new information about the Renaissance ...

Belisarius was the Byzantine military genius behind Justinian's conquests. His incredible victories were overshadowed by an ...