In Autun, France, archaeologists discovered a 1,600-year-old fabric woven with gold threads in an ancient burial site. The fabric, once a symbol of elite aristocracy, was found in a lead coffin, along ...

Researchers are using diary entries, travel notes, religious registers, and other primary historical records to better understand extreme climate shifts in Transylvania during the 16th century.

Surnames can reveal much about your family history, but they can also be a minefield of misinformation. By Paul Blake. Twenty members of the public describe what spurred them on to discover more ...