Discover pivotal events, influential figures, and narratives throughout History that have shaped civilizations and cultures across the globe.
Discover 15 Medieval phrases and their original meanings, some of which we still use today, and others that deserve to make a comeback.
Studying the confluence of archaeology and astronomy, archaeoastronomy, among the pre-Columbian civilizations of America reveals their profound knowledge of the landscape and the environment.
Pope Leo X spent extravagantly on monumental building projects and art, some financed with Indulgences, leaving a bankrupt Vatican and a Reformation in full swing.
The 19th-century American frontier witnessed terrible battles between Native tribes and the U.S. Army. The U.S. Army eventually won, but only one war chief defeated them: Red Cloud.
Benin City, one of the world’s wealthiest and best-governed capitals, was summarily looted by the British in 1897.
One of the most notorious figures of the Renaissance, Pope Alexander VI invited scandal even before he donned the papal robes.
The establishment of Aboriginal “settlements” on Flinders Island and then at Oyster Cove marked the final stage of the genocide against Aboriginal people in Tasmania.
Pauline Bonaparte, Napoleon's beloved sister, shocked high society by posing nude for sculptor Antonio Canova, cementing her status as a pioneering fashion icon.