Forget Hollywood’s armored archers. Real medieval bowmen wore padded jacks, linen shirts, and carried 40+ arrows into battle. No arm guards. Just skill, speed — and heavy bodkins that pierced plate.

For nearly a century, English longbowmen dominated France — at Crécy, Poitiers, and Agincourt. But in 1429, at Patay, ...

This is the fifth of eight voiceless consonant programmes in our series of videos that explore the sounds of English. This is the fifth of seven short vowel programmes in our series of videos that ...

At the height of its power, the Roman Empire extended as far away as Britain. Rome didn’t view the region as remote or ...

During the 17th-century Finnmark witch trials, 91 people were executed in Norway's northernmost region, mainly by burning at the stake ...

From the Smithsonian magazine archives, some of our favorite reader questions about our nation's founding upon its 250th ...

Beth and Neil have a real conversation in easy English about the weather. Learn to talk about how the weather changes your plans Hello and welcome to Real Easy English from BBC Learning English. In ...

Built over 2,000 years ago, the iconic desert city continues to mesmerize tourists and archaeologists alike. Ad Deir, or the Monastery, is one of Petra's many facades carved out of sandstone in Wadi ...

The 1896 book Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Dr. George M. Gould and Dr. Walter L. Pyle documented that Blanche ...

Archaeologists restoring a historic home in Kent, England discovered a 17th-century shopping list hidden under its ...