Diana Darke’s brilliant history of medieval architecture reveals the extent of Islamic influence on the foundational phase of ...

Sporting sandals, swim shorts and baseball caps — and hopefully plenty of sunscreen — a cohort of state lawmakers hopped ...

Stepping up to the table, the tourist squinted to make out what lay underneath the dusty glass top. “ANCIENT EGYPTIAN GAME, IVORY, 3,000 BC” read the typed index card next to several pale yellow ...

Venezuela’s July 5 is not about fireworks. It’s about survival, resistance, and the ongoing struggle to build a future rooted in dignity. So while the U.S. celebrates its independence this week, I ...

An interview with Diana T. Kudaibergen on power, identity, and nation-building in Kazakhstan.

At each major crossroad in America’s history — the Revolutionary War, the westward migration, the Civil War, the Great ...

Sean “Diddy” Combs has been acquitted of the most serious charges in his federal sex trafficking trial, but that doesn’t mean ...

Resource conservation districts in California, as well as across the United States, were created because of a prolonged ...

More than 4,000 years ago, Egypt and Mesopotamia stood as two of the most complex societies on the planet. But the new DNA ...

Ancient Rome was a rigidly hierarchical society where the ruling elite stigmatized everyone who had to work with their hands. Yet Roman workers still found ways to resist exploitation through strikes ...

The American Revolution went hand-in-hand with an economic revolution that transformed human political and social, as well as commercial life, and continues to unfold.

The split decision is at least a partial victory for Combs, whose attorneys had argued that prosecutors overcharged him and ...