Pioneering Artist Faith Ringgold Stitched Together Stories of Black Life
The Harlem-born painter, who died this week at age 93, elevated the everyday lives of Black Americans and fought for representation in major museums
Arts Center in Gaza Destroyed in Israeli Hospital Siege
Shababeek for Contemporary Art was the last established visual arts center still standing in the enclave
Northern Europe and the British Isles
The Royal Family Is Opening Balmoral Castle to the Public For the First Time in History
The special interior tours of the royal family’s Scottish retreat sold out in less than a day
Archaeologists Were Looking for a Medieval Hermitage. They Found a ‘Monumental’ Prehistoric Henge
The site in eastern England may have served as a sacred space for groups across thousands of years
This Is What Being in Your Twenties Was Like in 18th-Century London
A newly restored collection of letters describes a 27-year-old’s office job, social life and financial concerns beginning in 1719
Medieval English Coins Were Made With Melted Byzantine Silver
Researchers have solved the mystery of the silver coin boom that took place around 660 C.E.
One of the World’s Oldest Surviving Books Is for Sale
The rare early Christian text was written in a monastery in Egypt between 250 and 350 C.E.
See a Restored Ancient Roman Helmet—and Two Shiny New Replicas
The 2,000-year-old Hallaton Helmet is now on permanent display at the Harborough Museum in England
Little Rock Nine and Paul McCartney React to Beyoncé’s ‘Blackbird’ Cover
McCartney was inspired to write the song after hearing about the battle to integrate Little Rock Central High School in 1957
The First Issue of Superman Just Became the Most Valuable Comic Book in the World
An original copy of 1938’s “Action Comics No. 1” sold for a record-breaking $6 million at auction
The Ellis Island Museum Is Revitalizing the Story of American Immigration
A $100 million renovation will help preserve the history of the millions of immigrants who passed through the island in the late 19th and early 20th centuries
A Massive Crane Helping With the Baltimore Bridge Cleanup Was Built to Recover a Sunken Soviet Submarine
The Chesapeake 1000 was used to construct a ship for a top-secret CIA mission in the 1970s
Vikings May Have Used Body Modification as a ‘Sign of Identification’
A recent study analyzes Scandinavian examples of filed teeth and elongated skulls dating to the Viking Age
‘Oppenheimer’ Opens in Japan Eight Months After Worldwide Release
The acclaimed biopic of the Manhattan Project’s leader has been met with mixed reviews by Japanese audiences
Is This Stingray-Shaped Rock the Oldest Known Animal Art?
While they urge caution, researchers think an artist may have traced a stingray in the sand some 130,000 years ago
Why Were So Many Renaissance Portraits Multisided?
A new exhibition at the Met is the first to examine the tradition of covered 15th- and 16th-century portraits, which were designed to be interactive and often portable
Trove of Viking Combs Sheds Light on English Town’s Medieval History
The hair care items are part of a sprawling collection of artifacts found in Ipswich between 1974 and 1994, which are now the subject of a new book
This Museum Lets Visitors Talk to A.I. Copies of World War II Veterans
Eighteen Americans who participated in the war effort each answered up to 1,000 questions on camera to create their interactive video likenesses
Archaeologists Find Ancient Statue of Apollo That Probably Adorned a Magnificent Fountain
The marble bust sheds new light on the layered history of a 2,000-year-old Greek city
A Young Sailor’s Remains Have Been Identified Eight Decades After He Died at Pearl Harbor
David Walker was a 19-year-old mess attendant aboard the USS “California” when Japan launched its surprise attack
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