The deeper question with respect to understanding the extraordinary events of the mid to late 19th and early 20th century is what happened socially or environmentally to allow for the extraordinary ...

The key protagonist of the American oil story was John D. Rockefeller, who was admired and loathed in equal measure for his ...

Peter Frankopan, Oxford historian, was first enticed by history in the 1970s, during summer holidays as a child in rural Sweden visiting his maternal grandfather (his paternal line was the ancient ...

Welcome to the Antique Marketplace of Lemoyne, Pennsylvania – a treasure trove that’ll make you feel like Indiana Jones, ...

Welcome to Trackside Mall in Idaho Falls, Idaho – a place where your grandmother’s attic meets a museum of curiosities, with a dash of “I can’t believe someone actually bought that” thrown in for good ...

Over 50 crore devotees have participated in the Maha Kumbh Mela at the Triveni Sangam, marking the largest congregation in ...

It begins with a little-known fact. There was a time when there were not three paragraphs in the prayer we call the Shema, ...

Sir Isaac Newton, a renowned scientist known for formulating the laws of motion and gravity, predicted the world as we know ...

The Professor of History sat down with Fifteen Minutes to discuss 19th century forgeries, his new book, and why he considers himself a "non-traditional historian." ...

Galileo precedes today’s physicists by many generations, but his work underscores the interplay of intellect and observation ...

NASA astronauts Sunita "Suni" Williams and Barry "Butch" Wilmore have been on the International Space Station since June, ...

For most of history, the Moon was regarded as a mysterious and powerful object. Then scientists made it into a destination ...