Archaeologists have discovered 17 mummies in a complex of catacombs in Minya province, the first discovery of its kind since 1950

Historian Jean-Pierre Rioux is a specialist commentator on France's political, cultural and social past.

Hundreds of people have been reenacting a famous 5th of May battle, when Mexican troops defeated the French army.

It was meant to have been open in 2014, but now the House of European History finally opens its doors to the public this weekend.

On April 26, 1937 the small Basque town of Guernica was destroyed by German bombs

Iraq's Yazidi minority celebrate their new year with hope 2017 will be better.

Archaeologists in Egypt have unearthed a tomb dating back three millennia, yet another in a series of major discoveries that are hoped will revive Egypt’s floundering tourist…

Archaeologists have uncovered what could be Rome’s oldest aqueduct.

Scientists have discovered an unprecedented set of more than 20 different dinosaur tracks in Western Australia

EU leaders have joined together in Rome to mark the 60th anniversary of the founding treaty of the bloc.

The leaders of Belgium, France, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and West Germany signing the Treaty of Rome on 25 March 1957.

Sinn Fein confirms the death of Martin McGuinness, who went from IRA commander to Northern Ireland peacemaker and leading figure in the province's power-sharing government.

Egyptian statue not Ramses II, but King Psamtek I

A bust of a statue believed to depict one of Egypt’s most famous rulers has been lifted out of a Cairo slum.

A joint Egyptian-German team in Cairo, Egypt, have found parts of two statues.

Tributes have been pouring in for Raymond Kopa, the stylish playmaker and poster boy for a generation of footballers, who has passed away.