✽ A scientific study with important implications for archaeology in Britain and France was published in January. Using ancient DNA analysis and ...

Here’s an e-mail from a loyal reader who was forwarded this message from a “History” Channel casting associate–and not because the forwarder ...

Adam Gurowski.Count Adam Gurowski: History and Political Activity in EuropeAdam Gurowski was born on September 10, 1805, into a family of noble origins ...

If you’ve ever traveled through the South, you’ve probably heard of a Meat ‘N’ Three—a legendary dining tradition that lets you build your own perfect ...

An illustration of Hero’s aeolipile.Life of Hero of AlexandriaHero's precise dates of birth and death are not well-documented, but he is thought to have ...

Paul Revere is most well-known for his extraordinary midnight ride, in which he alerted the countryside to take arms against British soldiers. ...

General Hugh Judson Kilpatrick.Early YearsKilpatrick graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1861, shortly after the war began, and was ...

Only six weeks away from Indigenous People’s Day, and tucked away in the Andaman archipelago, is a small island known as North Sentinel. It’s not only ...

Today, I would like to tell you a story. A story about a sinister conspiracy, a lost and noble prince, an evil tyrant, and a war over the soul of an ...

Portrait of a scholar (Archimedes?). Domenico Fetti, 1620.Early life and educationArchimedes was born into a family connected to the ruling elite of ...