China's long history has seen some extremely important inventions emerge, most noticeably gunpowder, paper making, printing and the compass, which, in the words of Roger Bacon, changed the whole ...

For much of its history, travel was dangerous and costly. The most common travellers were merchants, government officials, scholars and Buddhist pilgrims. Eating outside for pleasure was frowned ...

Automated systems splutter as raw materials are fed into the machines to begin the process of creating highly-explosive ...

Sometimes, humans invent a technology that changes the game. From ancient hand axes to gunpowder, here are 6 weapons that changed the course of human history.

The 'Gunpowder Plot' was foiled at the eleventh hour, an event still celebrated annually on 5 November and named for the most famous of the conspirators - Guy Fawkes Night. But who was Guy Fawkes ...

The house where the Gunpowder Plot was hatched was the "perfect place" for the conspirators to meet, according to historian and TV presenter Lucy Worsley. For her latest BBC Two series ...

The village of Menar in Udaipur, Rajasthan, witnessed the vibrant 'Gunpowder Holi,' a unique celebration marked by fireworks and firearm displays. This tradition, rooted in a historic battle victory, ...

They hid kegs full of gunpowder in the cellars beneath the chamber where the king and the rest of the political elite would assemble. Enough powder was stored to completely destroy the building ...