The Archimedes screw, an ancient Greek invention for lifting water. Learn about its origins, how it works, and its modern ...

No list of “best romantasy books” is complete without Sarah J. Maas, and her A Court of Thorns and Roses series. The story ...

Sitting back and enjoying the journey with a rail adventure around Europe is growing in popularity among nearly all age ...

Other attractions include the Saville Gardens at Windsor, the Museum of Berkshire Aviation, the Stanley Spencer Gallery at Cookham, the Sandham Memorial Chapel, the Thames Valley Police Museum, the ...

Confession time: when we were looking for a European destination in summer, Croatia hadn’t initially been on our radar. But a ...

Archeologists recently uncovered an historic 1,600-year-old Jewish bath known as a mikveh in Ostia Antica, the archaeological site of an ancient Roman city.

Restoration work on the Rusovce Mansion in the capital of Slovakia has unearthed remnants of the first known Roman aqueduct ...

The humble fish, or ichthys (ἰχθύς) in Greek, was a symbol that played a crucial role in the early years of Christian history ...

This past Tuesday was Maryland Day, commemorating the date in 1634 the first English settlers arrived here aboard the Ark and ...

From explorer George Vancouver to Britain’s first prime minister Sir Robert Walpole in this new book tells the story of ...

From explorer George Vancouver to Britain’s first prime minister Sir Robert Walpole in this new book tells the story of King’s Lynn.

The mid-morning scene around the enormous sun-trap courtyard at the Radisson Blu Palace Resort & Thalasso is unremarkable in ...