Mary Ann Bernal

History Extra Monarchs in Britain have adopted second names such as ‘Fair’, ‘Ironside’ or ‘Harefoot’ since at least the ninth century....

History Extra Gaol fever is epidemic typhus (not typhoid), and can be prevented by vaccination... Patients can be successfully tre...

History Extra Royal Mail has released eight stamps featuring objects and sites of British prehistory, celebrating Britain's “incre...

History Extra Pepper has long been one of the most popular spices in the world – not just Britain. The Romans traded in it, and pepperc...

History Extra Trouble brewing: This illustration shows “Boston boys throwing tea into the harbour” on 16 December 1773. The protestors...

Ancient Origins A student in Norfolk probably never imagined that his discovery of a female skeleton wearing a pendant could rewrite A...

Ancient Origins A British archaeologist has controversially claimed that King Arthur was not a real historical figure. Rather, the leg...

History Extra All images are © Wellcome Images  Hannah Bisaker’s puff pastry, 1692 To make puff paist  "Take halfe a quort...

History Extra On the weekend of 10–12 June, members of the British public, the media and the royal family will partake in a series of s...

Made From History BY CRAIG BESSELL Weddings, for the people of Dark Age Britain, were more business arrangements than declarations of l...

Made From History BY GRAHAM LAND  The Romans founded London as Londinium in 47 AD, later building a bridge over the River Thames and e...

Made From History BY COLIN RICKETTS The Roman Empire became very cosmopolitan, containing many races and cultures and granting limit...

Ancient Origins A new study suggests that Stonehenge and other ancient stone memorials could have been used for sacred moonlit ceremoni...

Ancient Origins This spring a new movie, King Arthur: Legend of the Sword, is to hit the big screens. Staring Charlie Hunnam as the fa...