The Royal Regalia represent two millennia of a nation's sovereignty and symbolize numerous aspects of its power
On the morning of August 20, 2007, a devastating fire broke out on China Airlines Flight 120 which had just landed in Naha airport
When a language is strongly gendered, it can raise all sorts of challenges to a society that’s increasingly accepting of a wide spectrum of identities
Seventy-five years ago, in Operation Gunnerside, a stealthy group of commandos took out a crucial Nazi chemical plant
Specialists in WWII art loss and restitution discuss provenance research
By 1965, the U.S. initiated a military deployment, Operation Rolling Thunder, to help South Vietnam defend its independence
In early 1898, the USS Maine sailed into Havana harbor as a show of support for the Cuban revolutionaries
Thirty years ago, an acclaimed series of documentaries introduced the world to an isolated tribe in Papua New Guinea. What happened when the cameras left?
Researchers trace the income gap back more than 11,000 years
This reminder of centuries-old history was sitting in plain sight all along
The holiday began as a feast to celebrate the decapitation of a third-century Christian martyr, or perhaps two. So how did it become all about love?
On March 27, 1977, at Los Rodeos airport in Tenerife, Pan Am Flight 1736 was sitting on the taxiway waiting to take off
And how you can get some of the tender, marinated beef stateside
Americans Adam Rippon and Gus Kenworthy are the latest LGBTQ athletes to go for the gold
Curious minds will want to know that the blaze is lit not with matches or a lighter, but using a method that dates to Ancient Greece
You might be surprised to learn that this sport where women now shine was initially seen as solely the purview of male athletes
This elegant scientific demonstration has been delighting everyday people for nearly 200 years
Fears of Zeppelins, rockets and drones have replaced the "celestial wonders" of ancient times
The switch from a hunter gatherer society to a farming one appears to have resulted in a more sedentary lifestyle for the inhabitants of Catalhoyuk
A new book reveals how neighbors turned on neighbors in an Eastern European border town
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