Warfare
Mercenaries Were More Common in Greek Warfare Than Ancient Historians Let on
New research finds that many soldiers who fought in the fifth-century B.C.E. battles at Himera were born outside of the empire
This 10-Year-Old Boy Makes Art That Sells for Over $100,000
Fifth-grader Andres Valencia’s inspirations range from Picasso to Pokémon
Two Hundred Years Ago, the Rosetta Stone Unlocked the Secrets of Ancient Egypt
French scholar Jean-François Champollion announced his decipherment of Egyptian hieroglyphs on September 27, 1822
A Ukrainian Teenager Invents a Drone That Can Detect Land Mines
Seventeen-year-old Igor Klymenko worked on his invention while sheltering in a basement from Russian attacks
How Nomads Shaped Centuries of Civilization
A new book celebrates the achievements of wanderers, whose stories have long been overlooked
The Real Warriors Behind 'The Woman King'
A new film stars Viola Davis as the leader of the Agojie, the all-woman army of the African kingdom of Dahomey
The Many Myths of Catherine de' Medici
A new Starz series, "The Serpent Queen," dramatizes the life of the much-maligned 16th-century ruler
A Historian's Quest to Unravel the Secrets of Mary Seacole, an Innovative, Long-Overlooked Black Nurse
During the Crimean War, the Jamaican businesswoman operated a storehouse and restaurant that offered food, supplies and medicine to British soldiers
Before Lincoln Issued the Emancipation Proclamation, This Russian Czar Freed 20 Million Serfs
The parallels between the U.S. president and Alexander II, both of whom fought to end servitude in their nations, are striking
Why Demetrius the Besieger Was One of History's Most Outrageous Kings
The ancient Macedonian monarch specialized in siege warfare, polygamy and sacrilege
The Stealth Swimmers Whose WWII Scouting Laid the Groundwork for the Navy SEALs
The Underwater Demolition Teams cleared coastal defenses and surveyed enemy beaches ahead of Allied landings
The 80-Year Mystery of the U.S. Navy's 'Ghost Blimp'
The L-8 returned from patrolling the California coast for Japanese subs in August 1942, but its two-man crew was nowhere to be found
Archaeologists Uncover Remains of 13 Hessian Soldiers at Revolutionary War Battlefield
The discovery came as a surprise to the team at New Jersey’s Red Bank Battlefield Park
Why Hitler and Stalin Hated Esperanto, the 135-Year-Old Language of Peace
Jewish doctor L.L. Zamenhof created Esperanto as a way for diverse groups to easily communicate
Archaeologists Uncover Rare Human Skeleton at Waterloo
The bones were discovered in a ditch near a former field hospital
The Civil War's First Civilian Casualty Was an Elderly Widow From Virginia
Union gunfire killed 85-year-old Judith Carter Henry on July 21, 1861—the day of the First Battle of Bull Run
How Disney Propaganda Shaped Life on the Home Front During WWII
A traveling exhibition traces how the animation studio mobilized to support the Allied war effort
Bradford Freeman, Last Surviving Member of WWII 'Band of Brothers,' Dies at 97
The Easy Company veteran parachuted into France on D-Day and fought in major European campaigns during the last year of the war
How the Ghost Army of WWII Used Art to Deceive the Nazis
Unsung for decades, the U.S. Army's 23rd Headquarters Special Troops drew on visual, sonic and radio deception to misdirect the Germans
Inside a Trailblazing Surgeon's Quest to Reconstruct WWI Soldiers' Disfigured Faces
A new book profiles Harold Gillies, whose efforts to restore wounded warriors' visages laid the groundwork for modern plastic surgery
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