You've heard the fairy tale about the pied piper and how he lures away Hamelin's rats -- and the town's children when the mayor won't pay up. It it true? One thing's for sure: You won't be reading this article to your children as a bedtime story. See more »

At any moment, magma moving at 100 mph could rumble into the communities at this volcano's base. Scientists predict a massive eruption, but the question is when. See more »

When the Romans conquered the region that is now Austria about 14 B.C., it was inhabited by Celts. See more »

The history of Europe is the story of many different peoples and cultures. Some peoples lagged behind, while others surged far ahead in the development of social, intellectual, and political institutions and ideas. See more »

Belgium formed part of Roman Gaul and of the Merovingian and Carolingian states. In the Middle Ages it was divided into the county of Flanders (ruled by a count) and the duchies of Hainaut and Brabant (ruled by dukes). See more »

In the seventh century the Bulgars, a Central Asian people, invaded the region south of the Danube. See more »

Archeological evidence has indicated that southern Denmark was populated 60,000 to 100,000 years ago, before the final Ice Age. See more »

England's first known inhabitants were cave dwellers who hunted and fished and lived under Stone Age conditions until after 2000 B.C. See more »

Ancestors of the modern Finns migrated from the Volga basin to the Baltic coast region sometime during the first millennium B.C. See more »

Archaeological evidence indicates that France was inhabited some 400,000 years ago. See more »