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A museum director looks to the past to explain why 'Aloha' is as necessary as ever
The ‘greatest pandemic in history’ was 100 years ago – but many of us still get the basic facts wrong
History remembers the English queen as a murderous monster, but the real story of Mary I is far more nuanced
In the pages of the "Chicago Defender," the cousins detailed their adventures traversing the continent while also observing signs of the changing tides
An immersive exhibition at the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery uses technology to reconstruct historically significant sites in Mosul, Aleppo and Palmyra
A film on view at the Natural History Museum showcases the diversity of flora and fauna at the time of European arrival
The last British monarch to reign over the American colonies had a collection of more than 55,000 maps, each with their own story to tell
The treasure trove could help answer questions about what happened during the disastrous Franklin Expedition
In a new book, best-selling author Erik Larson examines the determination of the ‘British Bulldog’ during England’s darkest hour
The collapse of a reservoir in a remote and mysterious city could have helped Angkor gain supremacy
The unique design of the flyer, held in the collections of the Smithsonian, has infatuated aviation enthusiasts for decades
Scholars are finding there’s much more to the “lady with the lamp” than her famous exploits as a nurse in the Crimean War
From Renaissance artists to aviation pioneers, suffragists and scientists, these women led lives destined for the silver screen
Thousands of years before Monopoly, people were playing games like Senet, Patolli and Chaturanga
New research unravels the scheme to bury the Victorian writer in Westminster Abbey—against his wishes
This primer covers Scottish sovereignty from the Roman era to the Jacobite revolts, the 2014 referendum and Brexit
In the final months of World War II, 75 years ago, German citizens and soldiers fleeing the Soviet army died when the "Wilhelm Gustloff" sank
Of the few who survived the Nazi camp complex, a handful returned to ensure the site couldn't be swept away into historical memory
From Chicago's Prohibition tours to Palau's newly enacted marine sanctuary, here are a dozen destinations to travel to this year
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