European History
Ahead of Planned Rail Line, Archaeologists Uncover Early Medieval Cemetery
The team found 138 graves and a large assortment of artifacts and personal objects
Who Was Piet Mondrian Before He Painted His Iconic Abstract Grids?
A new exhibition explores the evolution of the Dutch artist’s style, 150 years after his birth
Stranded Abroad, Kyiv City Ballet Announces Its First American Tour
The dance company has been staying in Paris since the Russian invasion of Ukraine
Inside the Effort to Restore Synagogues in Venice's 500-Year-Old Jewish Ghetto
A new project focuses on three 16th-century synagogues in the Italian city, where the Jewish population has dropped to 450
How Did Thousands of Frog Bones End Up Buried at an Iron Age Settlement?
Archaeologists are trying to make sense of the remains, found in a ditch in England
In Early Modern Russia, the Majority of Accused 'Witches' Were Men
Orthodox Russians deployed magic for practical purposes, like inflicting illness, harming business competitors and attracting lovers
Wreck of Long-Lost Royal Battleship Discovered Off English Coast
Divers discovered the H.M.S. "Gloucester" in 2007, but authorities kept the news buried for 15 years as they waited to secure the site
The Royal Scandal That Rocked Elizabeth I's Teenage Years
A new Starz series, "Becoming Elizabeth," dramatizes the future queen's controversial relationship with her much-older stepfather, Thomas Seymour
The Holocaust-Era Comic That Brought Americans Into the Nazi Gas Chambers
In early 1945, a six-panel comic in a U.S. pamphlet offered a visceral depiction of the Third Reich's killing machine
Volunteers Uncover Rare, 4,800-Year-Old Stone Circle in England
Ground scans at Castilly Henge revealed seven pits where ancient stones once stood
The Many Myths of the Man Who 'Discovered'—and Nearly Destroyed—Troy
In the 1870s, amateur archaeologist Heinrich Schliemann inflicted irreparable damage on the site of the legendary city
A Ukrainian Band Just Won the World's Most Popular Song Competition
Kalush Orchestra’s “Stefania” is a tribute to the frontman’s mother—and the group’s embattled motherland
The Wild West Outpost of Japan's Isolationist Era
For two centuries, an extreme protectionist policy barred foreigners from setting foot in Japan—except for one tiny island
At a Former Concentration Camp, Holocaust Survivors Draw Parallels Between Nazi and Russian Rhetoric
Speakers at a ceremony marking the liberation of Flossenbürg condemned Russian President Vladimir Putin’s claims of demilitarizing and de-Nazifying Ukraine
The Windmill That Gave Paris' Moulin Rouge Its Name Is Now an Airbnb—And Is Booking for Just $1
A lavish room atop the iconic performance venue will welcome travelers for three nights in June
Ancient Roman Sculpture Likely Looted During WWII Turns Up at Texas Goodwill
Experts are debating who the bust portrays, but they agree on one thing—a thrift store is an unusual spot to find a millennia-old statue
Amateur Archaeologist Stumbles Onto Trove of Coins Dated to Constantine the Great's Reign
Found in Switzerland, some of the buried Roman coins were minted during a time of relative political stability, between 332 and 335 C.E.
Inside Hieronymus Bosch's Surreal Visions of Heaven and Hell
A new exhibition in Budapest features almost 90 works by the Dutch artist and his peers
Want to Work Out Like Walt Whitman or Henry VIII? Try These Historic Fitness Regimens
Travel through time by lifting like passengers on the Titanic or swimming like the sixth U.S. president
Melting Ice in Norway Reveals 1,700-Year-Old Sandal
An ancient traveler likely discarded the worn-out leather shoe as rubbish around 300 C.E.
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