No matter how brutal Macbeth was, he wasn't devoid of conscience. Despite murdering king Ducan in cold blood, he confessed that "only Vaulting ambition, which" o'erleapt itself/ And fell "on the other ...

While Gainford enjoys a tranquil rural setting, it remains well-connected. The A67 provides easy access to nearby towns such as Darlington and Barnard Castle, and the village's location allows for ...

The Spanish word for Easter is Pascua. In Italian, it’s Pasqua. French speakers have Pâques. All of these words derive from ...

“In many respects the Vikings were the medieval equivalent of organized crime,” says Simon Keynes, a professor of Anglo-Saxon history at Cambridge University. “They engaged in extortion on a ...

Three consecutive years of drought contributed to the "Barbarian Conspiracy," a pivotal moment in the history of Roman ...

Dr Baskerville hoped the new lane name would keep Dongara's Sikh history alive. Sikh history advocate and event coordinator Tarun Preet Singh agreed, saying the event was important to Australia's ...

The map itself is undated, but there are clues it was created in 1491: It quotes a book published that year, and Christopher Columbus may have consulted the map (or a copy) before his great voyage.