In the city where Martin Luther revolutionized Christianity, a vile, 700-year-old sculpture openly denigrates Jews. Why is it still there?
For nearly 2,000 years, the Roman ruler has been depicted as an egotistical monster who fiddled while Rome burned. But is this image accurate?
The Cuban revolutionary shined a light on the stark economic disparities in America, much to the chagrin of the U.S. government
To mark the occasion, a new exhibition in the area under the cathedral's courtyard honors novelist Victor Hugo and architect Eugène Viollet-le-Duc
Residents of Smøla believe they live in the northernmost location mentioned in ancient Greek and Roman literature. Other contenders say not so fast.
These five September releases may have been lost in the news cycle
A new book looks at the legendary Scandinavians through their own eyes
The African nation's pyramids and other archaeological sites are only now emerging from the shadow of its more storied neighbor to the north
How Americans celebrated the end of World War II
These five August releases may have been lost in the news cycle
More than seventy-five years ago, the atomic blasts killed an estimated 200,000 people
A new study shows how life-saving efforts by Jewish doctors helped curb an epidemic during World War II
These five July releases may have been lost in the news cycle
The city's Catholic community faces off against protesters over a statue honoring the city's namesake
Looking for the soul of modern Japan on an ancient road once traveled by poets and samurai
Recipe exchanges, poetry chains, photo challenges and other ostensibly comforting prompts are enjoying a resurgence amid the COVID-19 pandemic
Cities' geography can aid, underscore or discourage a movement's success
As long as the ideology has threatened marginalized communities, groups on the left have pushed back with force
Five hundred years ago, the English and French kings proclaimed their friendship—and military might—at the Field of Cloth of Gold
More than seventy-five years ago, the final great battle of WWII convinced Allied leaders to drop the atomic bomb on Japan
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