In the U.S. military (and American law enforcement), few cultures are as mythologized, idealized, or as idolized as the ...

Listeners share their favorite audio deep dives, highlighting everything from immersive cinematic storytelling to hilarious rankings of Roman emperors.

In a landmark achievement for archaeology and the study of ancient philosophy, researchers have digitally “unrolled” and are ...

David Heath is a List Writer from the UK specializing in video games, movies, TV shows, and the occasional anime. Streaming services offer a variety of ancient history documentaries to fulfill the ...

The exhibition is the product of the British Museum in Your Classroom programme where schools get access to the institution’s ...

A handshake may seem like an ordinary greeting today, but it has a fascinating history that dates back thousands of years.

Most states teach history by subject. Texas will go chronologically, starting with ancient history and reaching World War II ...

From politics to the Oscars, the #MeToo movement is spotlighting the nature of women’s relationship to power. Why are traditional positions of power still closed to so many? How do women work within ...

Although we often romanticize the bare marble of ancient sculpture today, most of these specimens were in fact painted in bright shades of blue, red, yellow, brown and many other hues. Over the past ...

Colors mean different things to different people across time and space, but the color red has remained an integral way of representing hate, love and luxury for millennia. In a new book on the history ...