The thousands of clay soldiers guarding Qin Shi Huang's tomb are enduring representations of the ruler’s legacy
Unlike many of his peers, John Howland Rowe viewed the country as a source of partnership, not a laboratory to play in
Grassroots exhibitions popping up in Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Croatia and Poland provide a window into ordinary lives during the communist era
The medical condition is named after a fictional storyteller who in turn was based on a real-life German nobleman known for telling tall tales
During World War II, British researchers conducted tests on themselves to gauge how submariners' brains would function at extreme depths
In "Sally & Tom," Pulitzer Prize winner Suzan-Lori Parks continues her investigation of American myths
A new limited series starring Michael Douglas as Benjamin Franklin revisits the founding father's years as the American ambassador to France
In 1942, young Calvin Graham was decorated for valor in battle, before his worried mother learned of his whereabouts and revealed his secret to the Navy
The people of White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, helped keep the Greenbrier resort's bunker—designed to hold the entirety of Congress—hidden from 1958 to 1992
The story of the half-human, half-monkey god mirrors the journey of the protagonist in Patel's directorial debut
The new mini-series dramatizes the Villiers family’s scandalous rise to power at the court of England's James I
In 1780, astronomer Samuel Williams journeyed to British-controlled territory to view a total solar eclipse
The civilization developed the world’s first known tax system around 3000 B.C.E.
Books were rare and expensive in colonial America, but the founding father had an idea
In the late 17th century, Henry Avery—the subject of the first global manhunt—bribed his way into the Bahamas
The untold story of the Wide Awakes, the young Americans who took up the torch for their antislavery cause and stirred the nation
A new book shows how pioneering ballerinas captivated audiences and broke racial barriers
The tangy tale of how America’s children learned to squeeze life for all it’s worth
Between the 1920s and 1940s, wealthy young women signed up to run errands and carry messages for the Frontier Nursing Service, whose nurse-midwives provided care to patients in hard-to-reach areas
A lifelong passion for the national pastime led John Thorn to redefine the sport's relationship with statistics and reveal the truth behind its earliest days