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Beginning in the Renaissance, locals affixed verses protesting various societal ills to six sculptures scattered across the Italian city
May 31, 2024 7:15 a.m.
In southern Turkey, an extensive new trail network spirits trekkers to Pisidia, home to many lost treasures and a true crossroads of civilizations
June 2024
During the Golden Age of Piracy, thousands of sea dogs sought fame and fortune. But the reality of a pirate's life was less enticing than movies and television shows suggest
May 15, 2024
History remembers Mary I as a murderous monster who burned hundreds of her subjects at the stake, but the real story of the Tudor monarch is far more nuanced
Updated: May 9, 2024 | Originally Published: March 12, 2020
In 1813, an American sealing vessel, the "Nanina," promised to save the crew and passengers of the "Isabella," even though it was an enemy ship. Here’s how the British brig got stranded in the first place
May 6, 2024
Based on a True Story
A new mini-series dramatizes the best-selling 2018 novel that sparked debate over the line between history and memory
May 2, 2024
Women Who Shaped History
Enemy soldiers overlooked Josefina "Joey" Guerrero due to her condition. Later, her heroic actions on behalf of the Allies were largely forgotten
May 1, 2024
Fifty years ago, Rose Dugdale stole 19 paintings worth an estimated £8 million, including works by Vermeer, Velazquez and Rubens, from a British aristocrat's estate
April 25, 2024
The thousands of clay soldiers guarding Qin Shi Huang's tomb are enduring representations of the ruler’s legacy
Updated: April 19, 2024 Originally Published: July 2009
Unlike many of his peers, John Howland Rowe viewed the country as a source of partnership, not a laboratory to play in
April 18, 2024
Grassroots exhibitions popping up in Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Croatia and Poland provide a window into ordinary lives during the communist era
April 17, 2024
The story of the half-human, half-monkey god mirrors the journey of the protagonist in Patel's directorial debut
April 5, 2024
The new mini-series dramatizes the Villiers family’s scandalous rise to power at the court of England's James I
The civilization developed the world’s first known tax system around 3000 B.C.E.
April 3, 2024
In the late 17th century, Henry Avery?the subject of the first global manhunt?bribed his way into the Bahamas
April 2, 2024
History of Now
The collapse of Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge is shocking?but not unprecedented
March 27, 2024
The Mediterranean capital city savors its connections to antiquity?while reappraising its past
April/May 2024
Untold Stories of American History
Many of these selective clubs peaked in popularity in the 18th and 19th centuries
Updated: March 20, 2024 | Originally Published: March 7, 2016
Princess Dashkova led research institutes, wrote plays and music, and embarked on a Grand Tour of 18th-century Europe
March 12, 2024
Mohammed V defied the collaborationist Vichy regime, saving Morocco's 250,000 Jews from deportation to Nazi death camps
March 8, 2024
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