Why this great empire believed bloody rites and cannibalism brought order to the cosmos

The colourful Peruvian city of Cusco is best known as the gateway to Machu Picchu. It’s also the starting point to a slower adventure, one that ascends over 2,000 metres above even the Lost City of th

The earth-shattering collapse of the Western Roman Empire was the result of invasions, corruption and cruelty

A CHILEAN DOOMSDAY CULT ENACTED AN UNSPEAKABLE CRIME

Ties between Britain and Hawai‘i ran deep, so much that the Union Jack was included in the Pacific country’s new flag and its coat of arms was designed in London, as a British Museum exhibition highlights

Still in her 20s, Gracia Mendes Nasi (Nacy), better known as Doña Gracia, was recently widowed and fabulously rich. She should have been able to live in comfort for the rest of her life. Her husband,