Behind the myth of the Minotaur lies the ancient Minoan civilisation – a culture steeped in ritual, rich in symbolism, and ...

When Old Norse explorers reached North America, they made history. But their brief, violent encounter with its indigenous ...

A landmark US law passed more than 50 years ago helped build the world’s most successful national women’s football team. Historian Jean Williams explains how Title IX changed the game, and why the ...

In 1967, a mysterious book appeared on American shelves. It seemed to confirm the darkest suspicions of a country gripped by Cold War paranoia, grappling with increasingly controversial entanglement ...

Lauren Good is the digital content producer at HistoryExtra. She joined the team in 2022 after completing an MA in Creative Writing, and she holds a first-class degree in English and Classical Studies ...

Few Roman emperors are as synonymous with scandal as Nero. From stories of arson and artistic vanity to theatrical cruelty and imperial excess, his name has long conjured images of a decadent tyrant – ...

During the Second World War, thousands of Allied pilots were deployed on a mission so dangerous, and so overshadowed by the rest of the conflict, that many referred to themselves grimly by the acronym ...