Florence American Cemetery (Massimo Piconc-Adobe Stock ) Source There are many historical sites that honor the Italian Campaign of World War II. Here are just a few to get you started when planning to visit Italy. Museo Storico dello Sbarco in Sicilia…
From steamy bathhouses to altars to Sol the sun god and leather shoes that still survive to this day, an eye-opening new exhibition chronicles Scotland under the Romans (before they fled) Inveresk is a handsome village near Edinburgh that sits…
The French philosopher and author Jean-Paul Sartre—long an admirer of the Soviet Union—denounces both the USSR and its communist system following the brutal Soviet invasion of Hungary. A 1968 attempt in Czechoslovakia to introduce liberal reforms was met with…
Archaeological Park of PompeiiArchaeologists discovered dozens of personal objects in a Pompeii cupboard that had gone untouched for nearly 2,000 years. When Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 C.E., the bustling ancient city of Pompeii, near the Bay of Naples, was wiped from the…
An Iron Age ruler who historians presumed was a king has been found to have been a woman. For years experts thought Verica, a British ruler central to the Roman invasion, was a man. But in a discovery that rewrites…
The exhibition opened on Wednesday evening at the Ministry of Interior’s Macedonia-Thrace division, taking visitors through the 219 days of the Greco-Italian and Greco-German campaigns. Its exhibits reveal not only the broader historical narrative but also how Greek newspapers captured the…
Scientists at Durham University made the remarkable discovery Britain's first Roman capital could have been a cosmopolitan hub, a team of scientists at Durham University has found, after conducting groundbreaking research. In their study, the group found a major obstacle:…
By Ewan Scott | Nov 4, 2026 | Featured, News & Analysis, Politics An expanse of Central Asian steppe stretching roughly 22 times the size of New York City was once the footprint of the Soviet Union’s most extensive forced labor network. The Karaganda Corrective Labor…
When the Crusaders arrived in the Holy Land at the end of the 11th century, they entered a region shaped by numerous peoples, kingdoms and competing political interests. This book takes a broader look at the conflicts, alliances and political struggles…
Nov 4, 2026 22:00 58 On November 4, 1945, Georgi Dimitrov returned to Bulgaria from Moscow after 22 years abroad. His arrival was kept secret, and at Sofia Airport he was welcomed by Sergei Biryuzov, head of the Soviet military mission in Bulgaria. Thus, the leader of…
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