European History
Thirty-Five Years Later, a First Responder at the Chernobyl Disaster Looks Back
In her new book, Alla Shapiro shares her experience of one of the worst nuclear disasters in history
5,000-Year-Old Fingerprint Found on Pottery Shard Unearthed in Scotland
The Ness of Brodgar is home to a massive complex of Neolithic buildings
Renaissance-Era Florentine Frescoes Spent Centuries Hidden in Plain Sight
Renovations at the Uffizi Gallery revealed two overlooked paintings of Medici dukes, among other intriguing finds
17th-Century Gold Mourning Ring May Be Linked to Executed English Aristocrat
A piece of jewelry found on the Isle of Man may honor James Stanley, 7th Earl of Derby, who was beheaded in 1651
Irish Farmer Stumbles Onto 'Untouched' Ancient Tomb
Archaeologists think the well-preserved burial dates to the Bronze Age—or perhaps even earlier
Site of Julius Caesar's Assassination Will Be Transformed Into Open-Air Museum
Rome's "Area Sacra," a sunken square home to the ruins of four ancient temples, doubles as a sanctuary for stray cats
100,000-Year-Old Fossilized Footprints Track Neanderthals' Trip to Spanish Coast
Some of the imprints appear to have been left by a child "jumping irregularly as though dancing," researchers say
Archaeologists Unearth Sprawling Roman Ruins Unlike Any Found in the U.K.
An ancient complex in Yorkshire may have been a luxury villa, a religious sanctuary or a mixture of both
Why Was This Mummified 17th-Century Bishop Buried With a Fetus?
The stillborn baby was likely the grandson of Peder Winstrup, whose well-preserved remains have been the subject of much study
Hundreds of Centuries-Old Trees Felled to Rebuild Notre-Dame's Iconic Spire
French authorities cut down some 1,000 historic oaks as part of the Paris cathedral's ambitious reconstruction process
Is This 4,000-Year-Old Bronze Age Slab the Oldest Known Map in Europe?
New research suggests the stone, first discovered in 1900, may have represented the territory of an ancient king
Hear a 16th-Century Concert Recreated by a 'Musical Time Machine'
Researchers modeled the acoustics of Linlithgow Palace in Scotland to transport listeners back to a 1512 performance
A Swindler Almost Sold These Forged 'Masterpieces' for $14.7 Million
Spanish authorities halted the sale of the three works, which were falsely attributed to El Greco, Modigliani and Goya
These Iron Age Swedish Warriors Were Laid to Rest on Luxurious Feather Bedding
Researchers say the various types of bird feathers used may hold symbolic significance
You Can Now Explore the Louvre's Entire Collection Online
A new digital database features 480,000 works from the Paris museum's holdings
New Book Details the Lives of Vincent van Gogh's Sisters Through Their Letters
The missives reveal that the Impressionist artist's family paid for his younger sibling's medical care by selling 17 of his paintings
Did the Black Death Rampage Across the World a Century Earlier Than Previously Thought?
Scholar Monica Green combined the science of genetics with the study of old texts to reach a new hypothesis about the plague
This Wooden Sculpture Is Twice as Old as Stonehenge and the Pyramids
New findings about the 12,500-year-old Shigir Idol have major implications for the study of prehistory
New Jersey Estate Owned by Napoleon's Older Brother Set to Become State Park
In 1815, exiled Spanish king Joseph Bonaparte fled to the U.S., where he lived in luxury on a sprawling, 60-acre estate
The Little-Known Story of Violet Gibson, the Irish Woman Who Shot Mussolini
A free radio documentary tells the tale of the long-overlooked individual who nearly killed the Italian dictator in 1926
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