Built nearly 4,700 years ago as a tomb for the pharaoh Djoser, the structure underwent more than a decade of on-and-off restorations
The 15th-century edition of Hafez's "Divan" will be sold at Sotheby's next month
British Auxiliary Units were trained to sabotage the enemy in case of German invasion
Eanswythe was the granddaughter of Ethelbert, the first English king to convert to Christianity
Though women make up nearly half of visual artists in the United States, they represent just 13 percent of artists in museum collections
Dubbed the "white road" in honor of its limestone paving, the 62-mile path is an engineering marvel on par with Maya pyramids
The Florence Nightingale Museum in London seeks to illuminate the "full story" of the pioneering healthcare reformer
The incident, which happened over the weekend, remains under investigation but may have involved faulty brakes
When utilitarian thinker Jeremy Bentham died in 1832, he requested his preserved remains be displayed in "an appropriate box or case"
In the wake of the war, she did not attempt to hide her identity. "Unequivocally," she said, "I was a Jew"
Clearing out the eight-ton, 11-foot-long cannons gave conservators a chance to follow up on the tale of an unlucky feline
The move is part of an ongoing effort to correct gender imbalances in the city's 150-year-old "blue plaque" initiative
Keen travelers can pay $138 to spend a night inside Lucy the Elephant, a 138-year-old six-story structure on the Jersey Shore
Cotton started working at the museum in the late 1940s, but he first became interested in taxidermy much earlier
The find stems from a fleet of 11 Spanish ships that sank off the coast of Florida in 1715
To the ancient Egyptians, the big cat symbolized strength and power, demarcating a tomb of high status
Conservation efforts uncovered the Baroque artist's signature along the hilt of David's sword
A new Sketchfab collection brings models of fossils, artwork and more into the public domain
After a nine-month restoration, the elaborately decorated blade and its sheath gleam as if brand new
National Portrait Gallery exhibit features snapshots of Muhammad Ali, John F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr.
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