Jacinto Antón

The director of ‘Pulp Fiction’ spoke with EL PAÍS about the gun control debate in the United States and his love of Spanish cinema, among other subjects. He also acknowledged that he has a natural talent to create tension on-screen

Australian Jay Kristoff is the writer behind a monumental novel about the undead that at the same time pays tribute to and subverts the classics of the genre

In a new book by British historian Jerry Toner, a fictionalized Roman aristocrat takes readers on a ‘grand tour’ of the empire, exploring sites and attractions that early tourists once visited themselves, many now lost to time.

Amputated limbs, which according to sources were used to count dead warriors, have been excavated from three pits in a 15th dynasty palace at Avaris

Sex, executions, assassinations and gossip populate the 1,500-plus pages of the historian’s ambitious book

Journalist and author Ben Macintyre unveils the history of the famous fortress and points out that, among the prisoners of war, there was rampant classism, antisemitism, madness, sex, racism and betrayal

New clues and a recent novel have revived interest in Colonel Alexander von Scheele, who died in 1939 when his aircraft smashed into a mountainside

An initiative by British museums to use alternative terms for embalmed bodies is considered unnecessary by most Egyptologists consulted by this newspaper

Marie Vandenbeusch’s exhibition at Barcelona’s CaixaForum delves into the lives of six ancient people

In his book ‘The trails of a tiger’ expeditionist José Luis Rivera chronicles his experiences with the felines and discusses what can be done to protect them

Historian Florian Huber’s book examines how civilians took their own lives in greater numbers than military and government officials as the Third Reich collapsed

A German archaeologist has written a beautiful and illuminating book about the ancient site, located in Paestum, Italy, known for the mysterious frescoes adorning its walls

In his novel ‘The Bastard Factory,’ Chris Kraus wrestles with the memory of his relative, who belonged to a roving Nazi killing squad

Marking the centenary of the greatest archaeological find in history, other “wonderful things” in the shape of documents, drawings and photographs are on display in Oxford’s Bodleian Library

The director of ‘JFK’ defended the Russian leader at the presentation of a new documentary on the Kennedy assassination at the BCN Film Fest in Barcelona

The ship went down in the Weddell Sea in 1915 after being trapped in pack ice for nine months, leading to a celebrated escape to safety over land and sea

Treasures such as the Nebra sky disc and Seahenge are there to be discovered at the show, which cleverly links the prehistoric site to our present times

Many of the episodes that people know from books and movies never really happened, says scholar David Porrinas. But Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar’s life and exploits were still extraordinary

Spanish-led Djehuty project successfully launches campaign to finance next excavation season in Egypt

Myriam Seco’s team uncovers coffin of high-ranking official at Thutmosis III sanctuary in Luxor

City offers different date and venue for tribute held almost uninterruptedly since 1940

José Falcó reportedly took down two elite Nazi fighters in one mission in his Soviet biplane For years the Republican pilot took flowers to the grave of one of the Germans he killed

‘Perfect Storm’ author Sebastian Junger’s new film and book charts the walk across the US he undertook with two war veterans and a Spanish photographer