Over the centuries, Mont Saint-Michel, an extraordinary island located in the delta of the Couesnon River, in Normandy, France, a place floating between the sea and the sky, has been a sanctuary, an abbey, a fortress and a prison. But how was this architectural wonder built?

UNESCO Memory of the World: Explore the Bibliotheca Philosophica Hermetica’s new home with 25,000+ r...

Documentary following the 1955–1956 Norwegian Archaeological Expedition's investigations of Polynesi...

Druids have existed far longer than hitherto assumed, since the 4th century BC. Their traces are fou...

May 1944, a group of French servicewomen and resistance fighters are enlisted into the British Speci...

Starting in late May 1944, during the German retreat on the Eastern Front, Captain Stransky (Helmut ...

"Patton" tells the tale of General George S. Patton, famous tank commander of World War II. The film...

In this hour-long documentary, Oxford academic Janina Ramirez tours the country in search of Anglo-S...

49,000 year old Neanderthal bones have been discovered by chance in a remote, mountainous region of ...

Bored with the limited and tedious nature of provincial life in 19th-century France, the fierce and ...

What killed King Tutankhamun? Ever since his spectacular tomb was discovered, the boy king has been ...

As U.S. troops storm the beaches of Normandy, three brothers lie dead on the battlefield, with a fou...

Move over, King Tut: There's a new pharaoh on the scene. A team of top archaeologists and forensics ...

June 6, 1944: The largest Allied operation of World War II began in Normandy, France. Yet, few know ...

Rascar Capac, the sinister creature featured on Hergé's album The Seven Crystal Balls (1948), has le...

Thousands of terracotta warriors guarded the first Chinese emperor's tomb. This is their story, told...

Mohawk archaeologist Baptiste Asigny engages in a search for his ancestors following a tragic terrai...