Lalit Gupta Empires, kingdoms and dynasties fall, cities are ‘lost’, and time buries their stories under layers of earth and ...

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A trove of buried treasure that metal detectorists recently discovered in Transylvania once belonged to an ancient people that inhabited the region in modern-day Romania.

which shed new light on early settlements in the storied historical region, local officials said. Encompassing much of present-day Romania, Transylvania is known for its medieval towns ...

Thetford has been home to influential and inspirational men and women. During the Iron Age, the town was a major centre for the Iceni tribe, led by the iconic queen Boudica, who rebelled against the ...

Malton is considered the food capital of Yorkshire where Gentleman Jack was filmed and it is thought that the town inspired ...

Embedded in the centre of the mihrab, or prayer niche, of the 16th-century Masjid Al Ali is a Chinese porcelain dish.Other mosques in Oman have similar examples of Chinese porcelain, and broken ...

Greek castles remind us of impressive stories from their epic past, some ranked among the best-preserved buildings in Europe.

and eventually an empire that would span half the globe. David Keys is The Independent’s archaeology correspondent. "In many respects the Vikings were the medieval equivalent of organized crime ...

During the past few years, he has matched pre-medieval ... rise against the empire was subjugated. Julius Caesar established a naval base at Fréjus and founded Arles as a settlement for retired ...

On an Egyptian desert rock ridge west of Alexandria and between the Mediterranean sea and Lake Mariout is Kom el-Nugus, an ...