The Holy Roman Empire dominated western Europe for a thousand years. This episode explores the Habsburgs' inbreeding, a ...

Researchers who analyzed genomes from early medieval graves in modern-day Germany hypothesize that people from the former ...

In 1847 a few poor labourers living near Kottayam, a city in what is now the Indian state of Kerala, stumbled upon a hoard of gold coins. They exchanged these for a day’s worth of rice or a few rupees ...

Don't miss the big stories. Like us on Facebook. The rise and fall of empires have shaped history, with most empires lasting between 200 to 300 years of dominance, or the average of 250... for the ...