Warfare
Celebrate Florence Nightingale's 200th Birthday With Exhibit Featuring Her Famed Lamp, Pet Owl
The Florence Nightingale Museum in London seeks to illuminate the "full story" of the pioneering healthcare reformer
Why Did Restorers Search a Civil War Battleship's Guns for the Remains of a Black Cat?
Clearing out the eight-ton, 11-foot-long cannons gave conservators a chance to follow up on the tale of an unlucky feline
Archaeology Intern Unearths Spectacular, 2,000-Year-Old Roman Dagger
After a nine-month restoration, the elaborately decorated blade and its sheath gleam as if brand new
Take a Walk Through These War-Torn Ancient Cities
An immersive exhibition at the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery uses technology to reconstruct historically significant sites in Mosul, Aleppo and Palmyra
Three U.S. Planes Lost During World War II Found in Pacific Lagoon
Project Recover, a nonprofit dedicated to locating MIA service members, identified the planes' location
How Winston Churchill Endured the Blitz—and Taught the People of England to Do the Same
In a new book, best-selling author Erik Larson examines the determination of the ‘British Bulldog’ during England’s darkest hour
This Carving Is Helping Archaeologists Unravel the Secrets of Ancient Scottish Warriors
The male figure depicted on the Tulloch Stone has an "elaborate hairstyle," "robust" torso and "pronounced" buttocks
New Orleans Museum Spotlights World War II Soldiers' Love Letters
War is often billed as being all about guns and guts. But there's glory in gushiness, too
Why the Experimental Nazi Aircraft Known as the Horten Never Took Off
The unique design of the flyer, held in the collections of the Smithsonian, has infatuated aviation enthusiasts for decades
The Defiance of Florence Nightingale
Scholars are finding there’s much more to the “lady with the lamp” than her famous exploits as a nurse in the Crimean War
A Not-So-Brief History of Scottish Independence
This primer covers Scottish sovereignty from the Roman era to the Jacobite revolts, the 2014 referendum and Brexit
The Deadliest Disaster at Sea Killed Thousands, Yet Its Story Is Little-Known. Why?
In the final months of World War II, 75 years ago, German citizens and soldiers fleeing the Soviet army died when the "Wilhelm Gustloff" sank
Skeletons Unearthed in Connecticut May Belong to Revolutionary War Soldiers
If confirmed, the bones would be the first remains recovered from Revolutionary War soldiers in the Constitution State
Archaeologists Excavate 200 More Chinese Terracotta Warriors
The clay figures are part of the vast subterranean army built to protect the formidable emperor Qin Shi Huang in the afterlife
Tomb Containing Three Generations of Warrior Women Unearthed in Russia
The four Scythians were buried together some 2,500 years ago
The True History Behind the '1917' Movie
A story shared by director Sam Mendes' grandfather, a veteran of the Western Front, inspired the new World War I film
A WWII Airman's Son Tracks Down His Father's Last Mission—to Destroy a Nazi Weapon Factory
The impact of one heroic flight would take decades to reconcile
Archaeologists Unearth Celtic Warrior Grave Complete With Chariot, Elaborate Shield
One expert hailed the shield as "the most important British Celtic art object of the millennium"
German Ship Sunk During WWI Found Off Falkland Islands
Archaeologists started searching for the "Scharnhorst" on the centenary of the 1914 battle
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