This “Histomap,” created by John B ... the “outline,” in which large subjects (the history of the world! every school of philosophy! all of modern physics!) were distilled into a form ...

World History: Cultures, States, and Societies to 1500 offers a comprehensive introduction to the history of humankind from prehistory to 1500. Authored by six USG faculty members with advance degrees ...

Researchers investigating how the first writing arose identified the motifs on preliterate "cylinder seals" used in the trade ...

Today's object: Mummy of Hornedjitef British Museum Mummy and coffins of a priest who lived over 1,000 years after Tutankhamun and Ramesses the Great. Weekly theme: Making us human Looking at the ...

Justin Jacobs, author and expert in modern Chinese history, discusses loot, antiquity, and imperialism in his new book.

Imagine that a massive ice sheet covered Canada and oozed down over a large part of the northern United States, like icing ...

There are parts of the excavation site that date back to the Sasanian Empire of the 3 rd through 7 th centuries, but a ...

If Earth's history were a calendar year, humans would not appear until the last few minutes before midnight on Dec. 31.

The history of lupus can be divided into three periods: classical, neoclassical, and modern. This article concentrates on developments in the present century which have greatly expanded our knowledge ...

Had Britain's wartime leader truly stood alone in his opposition to appeasement, or did he rewrite history to portray himself in a better light? By Professor John Charmley. The rows were explosive ...

Pedestrians in Montreal, Grand Rapids and other locations can time-travel thanks to installations that map historical scenes ...

When Adolf Hitler co-opted it, its meaning changed forever On This Day in History On September 10, 1622, Japanese officials burned alive or beheaded 55 missionaries and laypeople alike.