Researchers are using diary entries, travel notes, religious registers, and other primary historical records to better understand extreme climate shifts in Transylvania during the 16th century.

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In 1799, during his explorations along the Orinoco River, German naturalist Alexander von Humboldt “stayed with a local ...

Archaeologists are still unraveling the mysteries of an unusual burial site in Dijon, France, which dates to between 450 and ...

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Mr Mearns has located 29 major wrecks in a career spanning 35 years, including the 16th century ship The Esmeralda from Vasco ...

Six hundred years ago a grisly witch hunt in the Simmental, a valley in canton Bern, was described in a book. This went on to ...

Colmar, in France, is a picture-perfect town with half-timbered houses and pretty canals that make it look like it's been ...