Tag: History

Willett (who, incidentally, is the great-great-grandfather of Coldplay lead singer and 'Clocks'-writer Chris Martin), published a pamphlet called 'The Waste of ...

Willett (who, incidentally, is the great-great-grandfather of Coldplay lead singer and 'Clocks'-writer Chris Martin), published a pamphlet called 'The Waste of ...

Sophie Jackson, a director from the Museum of London Archaeology group working on the site, said this shows that “Romans ...

Willett (who, incidentally, is the great-great-grandfather of Coldplay lead singer and 'Clocks'-writer Chris Martin), published a pamphlet called 'The Waste of ...

Willett (who, incidentally, is the great-great-grandfather of Coldplay lead singer and 'Clocks'-writer Chris Martin), published a pamphlet called 'The Waste of ...

An updated entry for Sir Richard stated that his wealth “was inextricably linked to the transatlantic slave trade” due to ...

The best medicine to treat jaundice in the 1600s? Snails boiled in beer

Archaeologists have found the "best physical evidence for a crucifixion in the Roman world" at a Cambridgeshire housing estate. The ...

Hanukkah is an eight-day Jewish festival, also known as the Festival of Lights or its traditional name Chanukah. It sees Jews around ...

The Babylonians, who discovered mathematical astronomy and invented the horoscope, first became prominent as a people in c.1800 BC. Babylonian ...

The traditional death for traitors in 17th-century England was to be hanged, drawn and quartered in public. But this proved not ...

5. Guy Fawkes has an island named after him He is one of Britain’s most infamous villains, whose effigy has ...

The traditional death for traitors in 17th-century England was to be hanged, drawn and quartered in public. But this proved not ...

5. Guy Fawkes has an island named after him He is one of Britain’s most infamous villains, whose effigy has ...

5. Guy Fawkes has an island named after him He is one of Britain’s most infamous villains, whose effigy has ...