Few decisions in English history have echoed as loudly as one man’s determination to end his marriage. When Henry VIII set out, in the late 1520s, to rid himself of

When Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 AD, it destroyed not only Pompeii but also the smaller, wealthier seaside town of Herculaneum. Buried under a different kind of volcanic material, Herculaneum

In western Turkey, perched above a hillside of dazzling white terraces, lies Hierapolis, an ancient spa city built beside one of the most extraordinary natural wonders in the world. Below

Rising in a cascade of gleaming white walls and gracefully curving roofs above the city that shares its name, Himeji Castle is widely regarded as the most beautiful castle in

There are castles that hide and castles that announce themselves, and then there is Hochosterwitz, which does something stranger: it performs. Rising on a lone dolomite crag from the flat

Fly into Salzburg, or simply round a corner in its old town, and one thing dominates everything: a vast white fortress riding the crest of a green hill, floating above

Rising from a solitary conical mountain in the gentle hills of southern Germany, Hohenzollern Castle is one of the most dramatic and romantic sights in all of Europe. On clear

Deep in Belize’s Chiquibul Forest, Caracol grew larger than Tikal itself, built terraces and reservoirs to feed 100,000 people, and once defeated its rival in a decisive Classic Maya war.

The Mongols, who appeared on the stage of history in the early 1220s under the leadership of Genghis Khan, trampled a wide geography extending from China to Europe under the

While the Pervâneoğulları Principality, which ruled in and around Sinop in the last period of the Anatolian Seljuk State, attracted attention with its closeness to the Mongols and its alliance