The Sphinx is a stunning, imposing structure — but why was it built? Did it largely result from erosion? Were aliens even ...

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Hitler believed the Soviets to be his natural ideological enemy and intended to conquer the country, enslave or exterminate the ‘subhuman’ native Slavic people.

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Physicist Heinz R. Pagels first used the term ‘Cosmic Code’ in his 1982 book, The Cosmic Code: Quantum Physics as the ...

Over a roughly 30-year period, lots of Ancient Egyptian treasure has been uncovered at Melville House in Fife — but how did ...

It’s one of the most defining moments in modern Russian history. Now, almost 25 years later, discover the untold story of the ...

Explore the fascinating history of how the papal conclave works, and learn about some of the cardinals who could succeed Pope ...

Rather than focusing solely on the identity of the killer, Jack the Ripper: Written in Blood delves into how the Whitechapel ...

Today, the word ‘terrible’ can be used to describe anything from a particularly bad meal to a natural disaster that kills millions of people. Back in the 16th Century when it was a nickname bestowed ...

‘In wartime, truth is so precious that she should always be attended by a bodyguard of lies.’ The Allies had hoped their decoy plans might buy them two weeks, seven was unthinkable.

Alderney, a tiny island in the English Channel, is the site of one of the darkest and most mysterious chapters in World War II. Given the sinister codename 'Adolf Island', Alderney became a ...