According to Japanese mythology, the thrashing of a giant subterranean catfish causes the earthquakes that wreak havoc on the ...

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In the interwar years, the United States prepared for all kinds of future conflicts, including against its allies. Jonny ...

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Before Zeus could rule as the king of the ancient Greek gods, he had to defeat his father and the Titans in a decade-long war ...

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The largest camp in the entire system of Nazi concentration and extermination camps, where more than 1 million people ...

How did a fifth-century princess unlucky in love become the Welsh patron saint of lovers? Lauren Good explores the life and ...

Historian Roger Moorhouse charts the rise and fall of Nazi Germany, from the end of the First World War to the Third Reich's ...

Make a bid at The Royal Mint’s latest trial pieces auction, and you could be in with a chance of owning some of the UK’s ...