History

They were not, so the polemic went, the work of 'voonsy' man, but instead those 'Giants of Mars'. Yes, the pyramids of Giza – those monuments for God -like splendor …

A shotgun that Soviet leader Nikita Khroosjshov gave the United States to symbolize peace for three years before the world came close to the Nuclear War was created for sale. …

It is the determining relationship in life: the band – or the lack thereof – between mother and child. As was revealed in the post during the weekend, the barbaric …

The world's first black international football player has been honored with a blue plaque at his former school. Andrew Watson had Scotland for a 6-1 win over England during his …

A luxury apartment in the mansion where the designer of the Titanic could be yours – if you have more than £ 450,000 left. The flat in Ardara House in …

The 190-member crew of Royal Navy Destroyer HMS Exmouth was in Escort in January 1940 when their ship was hit by a torpedo and sank within two minutes.

A previously unknown work by John Constable that was discovered 200 years after it was painted was sold for more than £ 400,000. The work of the master landscape artist, …

Remarkable never before seen photos of the 'Soviet Spy' cousin of Winston Churchill, during a notorious secret visit to Russia, came to light for 105 years. Sculptor and writer Clare …

She was the 'nine days Queen', the tragic royal who rule volatile before he was put to death. But now, almost 500 years after her death, researchers believe that an …

Put yourself in the shoes of a soldier in the trenches in the First World War, or imagine that you wake up on a sunny morning in Pompeii hours for …