The hat lay flattened and moth-eaten for more than a century in a museum box. Now, the rare 2,000-year-old headpiece (made ...

Behind the booming voice and tabloid scandals, the most enduring performances by Burton – born 100 years ago – were studies in vulnerability.

In Hitchcock’s eyes, period epics like Cleopatra and Ben-Hur required “just quantities of people and scenery,” and took ...

Some common foods that we have in our pantries can be traced back to ancient times. Take a look at the deep history of our ...

Many of us, when watching movies or seeing portraits of famous historical figures, rarely notice how different they might ...

For over 2,300 years, researchers and historians are trying to locate the Alexander the Great Tomb, one of the world's ...

An interesting Wikipedia compilation of over 1000 films based on historical facts teaches us many things about history....

The inundation of water was more than just provision for crops and fields: the Egyptians called the event the coming of Hapy, ...

Rise and Fall (BBC Two) is that it has nothing to do with Sir Kenneth Clark’s 1969 series Civilisation, despite the BBC ...

In four episodes, the BBC’s Civilisations series tells the story of the fall of the Romans, Aztecs, Egypt’s Ptolemies and Japan’s Edo Samurais. The show tells these stories through a combination of ...

In four episodes, the BBC’s Civilisations series tells the story of the fall of the Romans, Aztecs, Egypt’s Ptolemies and ...

The myth of Cleopatra is one more example of how history makes strong and independent women the villains. But what is the whole truth behind her legend, her myth, and her real story?