Few people realize, though, that before the world wars Germany had 11 colonies in Africa, Asia, and the South Pacific. German influence is still evident in some of them, in some surprising ways.

Yellow flowers dot the heuweltjies in the Namaqualand, South Africa [Courtesy of Alastair Potts] Until Clarke’s and Francis’ discovery, the oldest organic matter found in a termite colony came ...

Writing in the Daily Mail, he said: “Many of our former colonies – amid the complex realities of empire – owe us a debt of gratitude for the inheritance we left them.” Mr Jenrick ...

Archeologists analyzing stretches of the Amazon using LIDAR have discovered a long-lost Portuguese colony in the Brazilian state of Rondônia. Experts found geometric shapes—possibly denoting ...