Should historic health officials' response to yellow fever outbreaks on the Iberian Peninsula serve as a model for modern pandemic management strategies?
The author of a new biography shines a humane light on the monarch despised by the colonists
As the German army marched across France, Aristides de Sousa Mendes faced a choice: obey his government or follow his conscience—and risk everything
In the frigid Baltic Sea, archaeologists probing the surprisingly well-preserved remains of a revolutionary warship are seeing the era in a new way
A recent auction of the Chicago gangster's mementos testifies to his enduring appeal—and the thorny nature of collecting items owned by criminals
A new film from Ridley Scott dramatizes the 1386 trial by combat of a medieval man accused of a horrific crime
The show's creators, Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss, reflect on the smash hit ahead of its Broadway premiere
Poets and lyricists populated the Greek civilization
Fierce? Yes. Tough? You bet. But the true history of the Greek civilization had a lot more nuance
On campuses across the country, professors are putting historically based games into the classroom
New technical analysis dates Yale's Vinland Map to the 1920s or later, not the 1440s as previously suggested
The Tuxtla Statuette illuminates an endangered Latin American culture
A new nonfiction release revisits the life of Mai, the first Pacific Islander to visit Britain
A new book highlights the writings of Jane Strachey, a middle-class woman whose husband worked for the famed Howe family
In July 1921, an outburst of sectarian violence in Belfast claimed 16 lives on the eve of a truce between Great Britain and Ireland
A new film starring Dev Patel as Gawain feels more like a psychological thriller than a period drama
The beloved Olympic sport has evolved drastically over the past 2,000 years
Having lived through Germany's Nazi regime, Otl Aicher went on to pioneer democratic design
At the turn of the 20th century, a German Jewish shipping executive had an innovative idea for a new revenue stream: the cruise
The Middle Ages didn't kill the Games, as international sporting competitions thrived with chariot races and jousts
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