New discoveries are breaking old assumptions about Viking women, rewriting history by restoring them to their rightful place ...

Several Arthurian sites surround this town: the king is said to have built nearby Brougham Castle and the (Roman) fort at ...

Fans of the literary saga A Song of Ice and Fire (or its television adaptation, Game of Thrones) will remember that “Valyrian ...

Miracles at both shrines show how God uses simple elements — just as he did in Scripture — to bring healing and conversion.

On a late-summer day in 1856, a letter carrier stepped from a mail coach in front of a three-story townhouse in Mayfair, in ...

After Sterling Morrison quit the Velvet Underground, he traded his guitar for poetry books. We take a close look at his ...

Wuxia films ruled Hong Kong cinema in the 1960s, and saw another burst of success during the 1990s. The 21st century has seen its fair share of effects-laden wuxia films, especially in mainland ...

Audentes Fortuna Iuvat (fortune favours the brave), embedded in the pommel of an authentic replica sword, has been revealed by the developer; made to historical 15th-century specifications ...

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Sky Force, which released yesterday at the box office, has taken a good opening at the box office. The film earned Rs 15.30 crore on its first day and looks like it will end Akshay Kumar’s dry spell ...

In a Tang Dynasty version dating from the early ninth century, she is portrayed as a malevolent demon who takes the form of a beautiful woman and seduces the scholar Li Huang. When he returns ...