Anglo-Saxons joined the Byzantine Varangian Guard after the 1066 Norman Conquest, shaping the Byzantine Empire.

A noblewoman from a prominent house in the Kingdom of Hungary, Elizabeth Bathory was famously tried and convicted for killing hundreds of women and girls over a twenty-year period. Four of her ...

What have the Romans ever done for us?” quipped my partner, Ed, as we stood on the main street of Nicopolis ad Istrum, formerly a Roman town in Bulgaria that is now a glorious assemblage of ruins.

Indeed, by 1077 the Tapestry had arrived in Normandy, and was displayed at Bayeux Cathedral. It has remained in France ever since, although it may have had a narrow escape during the French Revolution ...

Consuelo Vanderbilt Balsan, once a society fixture, is the real life inspiration behind one of the central characters in ...

Self-tormenting practices were all the rage in ancient Byzantium, from wearing chains to living on top of small pillars—and ...

A 12th-century property in Kent with royal history is on the market for over $4.4 million, featuring a 13th-century chapel ...

What has archaeological revealed about the real history of Troy, and how does this tie into the legends from Greek mythology?

When I began exploring the history of Christianity and the art it inspired, I had no idea it would lead me to one of the ...

Archaeologists aren't "baffled" by giant shoes but see them as a way to test different theories about how Roman soldiers ...