Collapse and rise

Ancient India gave the world its number system, anticipated Galileo’s heliocentric theory by a millennium and spread its culture from Egypt to Siberia–only to be almost entirely forgotten. It’s past time to restore it to its rightful place in history

What’s in a Year: A Countryman’s Tale Through ...

Mass extinctions and evolutionary leaps, from bacteria to Homo sapiens

ARCHAEOLOGY

Sceptred Isle: A New History of the Fourteenth ...

Just 25 years ago, there seemed to be little new to say about the Vikings – and that was particularly the case for Viking women. The centuries-old consensus was that Viking wives and daughters stayed