A Berlin exhibition draws on some 250 artifacts to explore questions of democracy past and present
More than 30 works from his nearly 40-year career are featured in the traveling show, now in Los Angeles
Two patient archaeologists organized and scanned the images to find structures destroyed or covered up over the last 60 years
A new Smithsonian Channel documentary may affirm long-standing suspicions about the Polish fighter’s identity
The September 2018 blaze destroyed the 200-year-old building and reduced the majority of its 20-million artifact collection to ash
Thor Heyerdahl Jr. says his late father had promised to return the items after they had been analyzed and detailed in published works
Offerings include a book of poetry featuring the epic <em>Shahnameh</em> and a biography of Shah Jahan, the emperor who built the Taj Mahal
Redoshi was 12 when she was kidnapped and sold to the crew of the <i>Clotilda</i>
The new discoveries belong to a collection known as the ‘Govan Stones,’ imposing relics of a once-great kingdom
Similar snack counters dug up throughout Pompeii were once destinations for on-the-go Romans looking for a quick bite
A caption in a book about the excavation at Skara Brae, Scotland, had identified them as ‘visitors’ to the dig
A visiting historian happened upon the medieval document while conducting research in Durham, England
Upon learning that their ancestors had relied on forced labor, the family was ‘ashamed and white as sheets,’ a spokesperson said
A new study pushes back against the hypothesis that moralizing gods were necessary to keep large societies civil
Tamara Lanier claims the university has profited off the images of her ancestors
The Greek chronicler dedicated 23 lines of his <em>Histories</em> to the construction of a Nile cargo boat known by locals as a baris
The navigational gadget comes from the wreck of the <i>Esmerelda</i>, part of Vasco da Gama's fleet that sunk off the coast of Oman in 1503
A new genetic analysis suggests that certain artifacts can help descendants of enslaved people piece together their ancestral heritage
The cache includes insurance records signed by his landlady, a volume of prayers and hymns, and watercolors possibly painted by an unrequited love interest
The case for the unmasking is tied to a shawl alleged to have been found next to Ripper victim Catherine Eddowes, but its provenance is uncertain
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