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The USS Constitution, warship from 1797, returns to water

24/07/2017

Greece

Eight ancient shipwrecks discovered off Greece

Divers from a joint Greek-American project discovered eight new shipwrecks off the Greek Fourni islands back in June.

17/07/2017

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Eight injured after bulls rampage through Pamplona

13/07/2017

World News

Peru reveals face of ancient priestess

3D imaging technology and forensics archaeology used to reveal face from Peru's ancient past

05/07/2017

Austria

Austria seizes Hitler's house

Austrian court upholds compulsary purchase order on Hitler's birthplace

30/06/2017

Next Series

Spacewalk legend Leonov's plunge into the unknown

Alexei Leonov, cosmonaut and first man to walk in space describes what it was like to be the first to drift free in the empty ocean of space around him.

29/06/2017

World News

Big wooden toe ‘one of world’s oldest artificial body parts’

28/06/2017

This Is Culture

Somali star is first hijab-wearing model on cover of top US magazine

She donned Nike's high-performance hijab on the cover of the July issue with the caption: "This Is American Beauty".

22/06/2017

Argentina

Nazi relics hidden behind sliding bookcase in Argentina

20/06/2017

Germany

European leaders pay homage to Helmut Kohl

Kohl overcame resistance to reunification from Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev and British prime minister Margaret Thatcher who feared the return of a powerful, united Germany.

17/06/2017

Morocco

Human species 'older than previously thought'

Fossils that are 100,000 years older than any other known remains of our species have been unearthed

07/06/2017

Egypt

17 mummies found in Egypt

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

13/05/2017

France

A historical look at Macron, France's man of the moment

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

08/05/2017

Mexico

Mexicans reenact historic battle against French

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

06/05/2017

Europe News

European 'history house' opens this weekend

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.

04/05/2017

Spain

Guernica marks 80th anniversary of deadly German bombing

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

26/04/2017

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Iraqi Yazidis celebrate their New Year

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

20/04/2017

Egypt

End to tourism drought in sight as Egypt discovers new tomb

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…

19/04/2017

Italy

Archaeologists uncover ancient Rome aqueduct

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

06/04/2017

World News

Australian scientists amazed by rare dinosaur tracks

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

27/03/2017