In each era of globalisation since the mid-17th century, a single country has sought to be the clear world leader – shaping ...

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He found the 2,000-year-old coins in 2017 but only in 2025 turned the discovery over to the proper authorities ...

An unusual stone circle that's likely a tomb is providing archaeologists with more information about life in Roman Bavaria.

Winston and the Windsors” covers Churchill’s life across six monarchs, from his birth during Queen Victoria’s reign through Edward VII, George V, Edward VIII, George VI and, finally, ...

Currency debasement lowers a currency's value by diluting precious metals in coins or increasing money supply, leading to inflation. Learn history and real-world examples.

Czech documentarian Tatana Markova says she became intrigued by her subject in “Kingdom of Soap Bubbles” – a once-great ...

Barry Eichengreen reviews two new histories of the country's postwar Wirtschaftswunder as its economic model appears to be ...

Clocks are scheduled to fall back an hour on the first Sunday of November, resulting in the sun setting earlier in the day.

A painting of Malinche with Cortés by Roberto Cueva del Rio. Credit: Jujomx – CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons. Mexico has launched a government-led effort to vindicate the life and legacy of a ...

Late antiquity was one of the most dramatic periods in our history – a turbulent time in which nations and peoples rose and fell, vying for power and territory in a merciless fight for prominence.

Germany reported its steepest drop in industrial production in 3.7 years in August, as Europe's biggest economy struggled to revive its automobile sector and sustain exports. Industrial production ...