The introduction of potatoes to France in the late 16th century sparked significant resistance before becoming a staple of ...

Caroline Collins looks at such people as mariners, explorers, whalers and shipbuilders between the 16th and 20th centuries ...

As Christianity spread, it carried Catherine of Siena’s legacy to the Americas. Her asceticism inspired Rose of Lima, Kateri ...

Hungary's only fully excavated Renaissance castle is set to be rebuilt near Nagykanizsa, with plans calling for a 15-year, ...

El Greco’s association with Toledo has played an important role in boosting tourism in this historical Castilian town.

The renovation of a football pitch in Austria’s capital has led to the discovery of a Roman mass grave housing the remains of more than a hundred soldiers ... the mid-1st century and early ...

Roman mass grave discovered on Vienna outskirts reveals 150 soldiers from first-century battle. (photo credit: Reiner Riedler/Wien Museum) On April 2, 2025, the Vienna Museum presented its first ...

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Our 16th president embraced meatier measures to ... to “in the name of the king” – with origins from the 13th century England in which citizens could bring lawsuits on behalf of the king.

Support roles in special operations were also scaled back. At the time, Wormuth noted the service wasn't cutting soldiers themselves out of the Army, but that the lion's share of those cuts were ...