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Some of the oddball Olympic events of the past include hot air balloon racing, tug of war and painting contests. Read More

Over the course of its long history and expansion, Rome fought a range of peoples. Some were conquered, while others never were. A few would... Read More

Four decades ago, Pablo Escobar brought to his Medellín hideaway four hippopotamuses, the centerpieces of a menagerie that included... Read More

July 15, 1815. After suffering a crushing defeat in the Battle of Waterloo, Napoleon Bonaparte surrenders to the British. Read More

Orlando Whitfield, the author of All That Glitters, tells Michael Safi about his former friendship with Inigo Philbrick, who was... Read More

The academic’s page-turning volume of essays – a study of intellectuals who sought to improve the politics and societies of their... Read More

The book has been dubbed a 'must-read' for those interested in intelligence and national-security affairs. Read More

Fact-checking all important aspects of the show. Read More

In a new telling of the Macedonian leader’s final years, Rachel Kousser shows what happened when dreams of conquest met reality. Read More

Until the late 1960s, the Democratic Party could have simply anointed a replacement for President Biden. Now it's not so easy. Read More

You know how people refer to the Republican Party as the “GOP?” The full name is not something you will likely see explained on... Read More

Three tomes give new meaning to “full color” by chronicling the visual history of color charts, swatches, palettes, and more. Read More

A powerful new film models how museums can engage our hardest histories. Read More

Colonial militiamen fired the lead balls on April 19, 1775—and likely missed their mark. Read More

As President Biden steps aside from his nomination amid concerns about his cognitive fitness, here are five other U.S. presidents who have... Read More

My heart goes out to everyone tasked with teaching history, civics, and media literacy to young people in our era. As a parent of two, it’s... Read More

The 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris are unfolding amid growing instability around the globe. Here’s a look at other times the Summer Games... Read More

On a hot summer day in 1864, on a patch of southeast Atlanta land where the former Alonzo Crim High School now stands, soldiers fired the... Read More

ROME, ITALY—According to a Reuters report, a structure thought to have been a medieval palace […] Read More

The Freising manuscripts, also known as the Freising folia, are a collection of Latin and Old Slovenian religious texts dating back to the... Read More

The "special" Bronze Age object, thought to be more than 3,000 years old, may hint at a lost shipwreck. Read More

Twenty-five countries joined forces to arrest eighty-five people and recover thousands of stolen artifacts and artworks. Read More

It is easy to forget how unpopular Abraham Lincoln was during his lifetime. In fact, he was hated by much of the country—not only in... Read More

One of the questions that people are asking about the attempted assassination of President Trump last Saturday is whether it shows that there... Read More