For historical accuracy, the 33-year-old Brit wears only the cotton dresses, yak wool coats and hobnail boots that her predecessors would have had
Untold Stories of American History
Dwight D. Eisenhower and John F. Kennedy publicly apologized after restaurants refused to serve Black representatives of newly independent nations
The Fat Tuesday tradition centered around eating fried, filled Polish pastries is celebrated across the Midwest, but especially in Chicago
Archival evidence offers clues on the radicalization of the German siblings, who led a resistance movement known as the White Rose
A curious new find yields clues to the origins of the alphabet
A new film imagines the events that inspired the notoriously private author to write "Wuthering Heights"
When the fascists took power in Austria, Muriel Gardiner helped refugees and others in need, and never stopped
Proponents of the teaching method argue that it encourages engagement with the language and the ancient past
The deposed monarch wrote the 57 encrypted messages during her captivity in England
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Born 150 years ago this week, the author was known for her incisive portrayals of women's everyday lives
A new book reverses the narrative of the Age of Discovery, which has long evoked the ambitions of Europeans looking to the Americas rather than vice versa
The debate over how to manage the wealthy's fortunes after their deaths traces its roots to Henry VIII and Elizabeth I
In the late 16th century, the enigmatic warrior fought alongside a feudal lord dubbed the "Great Unifier"
Deep in the archives, a historian rescues the tale of brave maroons
A fresh view of Galla Placidia, who married a barbarian and ruled when the world power fell into chaos
After World War II, Holocaust survivors fled Europe’s lingering anti-Semitism on a series of clandestine missions
Deciphering ancient texts with modern tools, Michael Langlois challenges what we know about the Dead Sea Scrolls
Every year, Haitians around the globe eat the pumpkin dish on January 1 to commemorate the liberation of the world’s first free Black republic
The year's most exciting discoveries included hidden portraits by Cézanne and van Gogh, sarcophagi buried beneath Notre-Dame, and a medieval wedding ring
National Museums Scotland agreed to repatriate the object, which was stolen in 1929, following an in-person appeal by an Indigenous delegation
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