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The minister of armaments was happy to tell his captors about the war machine he had built. But it was a different story when he was asked about the Holocaust
January 08, 2013
| By Gilbert King
How did the tabletop game get from parlor halls in 19th-century Europe to the basements of American homes?
January 04, 2013
| By Derek Workman
A mountain hamlet in northern Japan claims Jesus Christ was buried there
January 2013
| By Franz Lidz
Fire can destroy in an instant—or burn for centuries
When the divinity scholar unveiled the papyrus fragment that she says refers to Jesus’ “wife,” our reporter was there in Rome amidst the firestorm of criticism
November 2012
| By Ariel Sabar
Photographer Luca Zanier looks at the view from where the decision-makers sit
October 2012
| By T.A. Frail
When a 18th century German prince visited Mt. Vesuvius in Naples, he insisted on building a replica of it on his estate back home. 200 years later, a chemistry professor brings it back to life
August 30, 2012
| By Andrew Curry
For athletes on the world stage, nothing is worse than choking under pressure. Here are the 10 most memorable transgressors
June 28, 2012
| By Jim Morrison
There must be something in the water at Eton, where rowing rules as the sport of choice
July 2012
| By Joshua Hammer
As London gets set to host the XXXth Olympiad, acclaimed sportswriter Frank Deford connects the modern Games to their unlikely origin—in rural England
July 2012
| By Frank Deford
Float down England's longest river, from its origin in the Cotswolds to its ramble through London, a journey through centuries of "liquid history"
July 2012
| By Joshua Hammer
The Rodney Dangerfield of wars in the United States, the 19th-century conflict is given great respect by our Northern neighbors
June 18, 2012
| By John Hanc
Where did these six poultry-based dishes (with one imposter) get their start?
June 01, 2012
| By Aviva Shen
Tim Jarvis's Plan to Cross the Antarctic in an Exact Replica of the James Caird
May 22, 2012
| By K. Annabelle Smith
The epic begins 10,000 years ago in an Asian jungle and ends today in kitchens all over the world
June 2012
| By Jerry Adler and Andrew Lawler
The question was not “Should you eat human flesh?” says one historian, but, “What sort of flesh should you eat?”
May 07, 2012
| By Maria Dolan
Close by the Mormon colony of Colonia Dublan is an unlikely tourist attraction: the small hilltop where the legendary Apache leader exacted his revenge
April 20, 2012
| By Joseph Stromberg
A curator from the National Archives takes us through what the governing charter means
March 2012
| By Megan Gambino
One hundred years after the ocean liner struck an iceberg and sank, the tragedy still looms large in the popular psyche
March 2012
| By Andrew Wilson
The inventor, the celebrity and the royal highness couldn’t resist the draw of making a grand gesture to the love of their life
February 10, 2012
| By Abigail Tucker
Recently reissued, William L. Shirer's seminal 1960 history of Nazi Germany is still important reading
February 2012
| By Ron Rosenbaum
A 1912 photograph proves explorer Captain Robert Scott reached the South Pole—but wasn't the first
January 2012
| By Victoria Olsen
Historian Amanda Foreman discusses how British citizens took part in the war between the Union and the Confederacy
December 09, 2011
| By Megan Gambino
The explorer of Dr. Livingstone-fame provides a classic character study of how willpower works
December 2011
| By Roy F. Baumeister and John Tierney
Military history, memoir, and even a novelized series make this list of can’t-miss books about the Great War
November 10, 2011
| By Megan Gambino
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