To date, just one of the 266 Popes to have served the Catholic Church has been British. Learn more about Nicholas Breakspear ...

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In 1587, an English expedition set out to colonise Roanoke Island on the eastern coast of North America…only for the colonists to vanish without trace. What happened?

In March 2025, claims circulated that a vast underground city had long sat hidden under the Giza pyramids. What does the academic community at large think?

Sitting Bull, a Native American leader, symbolised resistance to white settlers and US government oppression. Discover more about his life and legacy.

The history of UFOs shows that nearly half of all sightings happen over water. A fact the Bakers are about to become a bit too familiar with. By combining first-rate dramatic recreations, live-action ...

Vlad Dracula (c. 1431 – c. 1476), Prince of Wallachia, is to Romanians a national hero, revered for his resistance to the Ottoman Turks, but to the world, he is famous as the bloodthirsty inspiration ...

Located in open grassland on the rolling hills of Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire, is arguably the world's most famous prehistoric monument. Stonehenge is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and is lauded as ...

From assassinations to terror attacks, mighty human achievements to the shape of the Earth, it seems anything is fair game when it comes to conspiracy theories. Now ...