The prolonged war between England and France marks a significant place in the history of the world ... This war began on 113 BC and lasted till 596 CE, spanning over 708 years of long history between ...

What started as an effort to promote racial unity in Edenton by reconsidering its most prominent downtown symbol has done the ...

Did you know that some of the oldest human-made structures on Earth align precisely with the rising sun on the summer ...

We may think of apple pie as being the ultimate American dessert, but it's actually a dish whose origins go a long way back ...

The Florida immigration detention site dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz” is being met by opposition from a range of groups concerned with its impacts on local Native American tribes, the ...

In an obscure Arizona canyon, I saw ancient petroglyphs on cliff walls that are pierced by sunlight on the day of the summer solstice. They were no accident.

A monument to an English-speaking and Christian Indigenous man, born in 1620, is planned in Lakeville. Some Mashpee Wampanoag ...

When Slater Mill opened in 1793, it signaled the eventual demise of river herring and other migratory fish in the Blackstone ...

M arrying a first cousin has been legal in Britain since Henry VIII broke with Rome in the 16th century. The practice faded ...

Did Adam Smith—celebrated hero of free trade—make a big exception for reasons of national defense? Would he support the Jones ...

A Q&A with author Russell Shorto on the early colonial history of New Amsterdam in the lead-up to a confrontation with the ...