A new study, though, has posited that a climactic event called the Late Antique Little Ice Age may have been the straw that ...

Historians have long believed that ancient humans fought animals in arena battles, but no definitive evidence has been found ...

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His election reflected a broader geographical shift in the church. Although the Vatican has been Catholicism’s spiritual and ...

Lidar technology is revealing that the Mayan civilization was more complex and interconnected than previously thought.

and this climatic episode may have triggered mass migrations that transformed the map of Europe at the time. "This suggests that the Late Antique Little Ice Age could have put significant strain on ...

Whether biking to castles or kayaking through gorges, a trip centred on this river is the epitome of European romance.

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acquired a 22-foot-long medieval scroll portraying a map of the world, from the Atlantic to the mouth of the Ganges, as it existed during the Roman Empire. The map's origins were obscure ...

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Packs of visitors inched along, brandishing maps ... At its peak, 2,000 years ago, Petra was home to as many as 30,000 people, full of temples, theaters, gardens, tombs, villas, Roman baths ...