The timeless musings of a 14-year-old Jewish girl recorded in a diary still bear deep resonance almost a century hence.

A 4,000-year-old stone slab, first discovered over a century ago in France, may be the oldest known map in Europe, according to a new study.

The exhibition includes the late 8th century book, Codex Sangallensis 51, which is one of the rarest in the world, and the vellum reliquary label which dates to around 700AD.

THE origin of Hindu chemistry is hidden in the obscurity of past ages. It is certain that the alchemists of western Europe owed much of their learning to the Arabs. M. Berthelot, in “Les ...

There is a rare opportunity for some residents in Guernsey to visit Jethou on Saturday. Under the terms of the little island's lease, only six visit days are allowed each year. The visiting allowances ...

In August 2008, Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Georgia, marking Europe’s first war of the 21st century. Triggered by tensions over South Ossetia and Abkhazia, the war saw Russian ...

An interdisciplinary analysis of ancient DNA obtained from 722 individuals who lived in the region during the Avar period (between about ad 650 and ad 800) shows that two neighbouring communities ...

By December 8th Mr Assad had fled to Moscow, leaving control of Syria to HTS and various other rebel groups (see map 7). Some sources reckon that at least half a million Syrians were killed during ...

A close companion of Saint Boniface, Lull became Archbishop of Mainz after him in the 8th Century. He also re-founded the monastery in Hersfeld. At the annual festival, which attracts thousands of ...

Using World Bank and United Nations data from 2019, Europe’s 10 largest economies have been mapped by Instagram account nerdy.maps, with the UK placed ahead of some of the continent’s leading ...

The Tabula Peutingeriana is one of the Austrian National Library's greatest treasures. The parchment scroll, made in the Middle Ages, is the only surviving copy of a road map from the late Roman ...

Map shows spread of the infection of the far right across Europe Tom Sanders Published June 10, 2024 11:53am Updated June 11, 2024 4:51pm Comments ...