In the Sudan, in 1884 to 1885, Egyptian forces led by British General Charles "Chinese" Gordon (Charlton Heston) defend Khartoum against an invading Muslim Army led by a religious fanatic, Mohammed ...

The British Empire began in the 1500s, under Elizabeth I’s rule. The empire grew to rule over 400 million people, having a significant impact on people in Britain and the colonies. British ...

Scots wrongly believe their country was a victim of the British Empire, a poll has found. A YouGov survey found that significantly more adults north of the border believed Scotland had been ...

However, there is one neighboring country of India that has never been ruled by any foreign power. Yes, Nepal is the only ...

LONDON — The British Museum, the country's most popular tourist attraction, was partially closed to the public on Saturday ...

Here’s What You Need to Know: No empire wins every fight, not even the vaunted British. For centuries, the sun never set on the British Empire. But eclipses there were, and... Here’s What You ...

The museum, filled with treasures from around the world, is also facing growing pressure to return artifacts taken from other countries during the period of the British Empire – notably the ...

Scots believe a "harmful myth" after being "victims" rather than partners of the British Empire, a staggering new opinion poll has revealed. A plurality (40 per cent) of the 1,067 YouGov respondents ...

Scots appear to be unwilling to accept their country's leading role in creating the British Empire, a new poll suggests. More people believe that Scotland was simply a subject of England than a ...

It was conquered and then eventually built a great Empire ... into British society but British sometimes opposed new ideas. Migration's effect on Britain - government Britain has long used ...

"This is the only example I could find of an actual penis having potentially been used as a ritual object," Ellen Green, a bioarchaeologist at the University of Reading in the U.K., told Live ...