Cats Rule: Vikings had cats on board their ships as they set sail to conquer the world
A Viking boat grave discovered under a market square in Norwegian city of Trondheim
Expert re-creates the shoes of 5,300-year-old Ötzi the Iceman, down to the bearskin soles and hay-stuffed lining
Deadvlei – The “dead marsh” that hides among some of the largest dunes in the world
Rob Roy MacGregor: Some call him “the Scottish Robin Hood,” but others say he was a “criminal praised as a hero”
Bonsai tree planted in 1625 has survived Hiroshima and is still flourishing at the National Arboretum in Washington D.C.
Victorians at the beach and the bizarre device called the “Bathing Machine”
Courageous inventors who changed the world
Ferdinand Magellan was regarded as a traitor in his native Portugal
Barefoot and starved, Spartan boys underwent grueling combat training but were also punished for not answering questions briefly and wittily enough
