In a newly translated biography, Maurizio Serra pierces the self-mythologizing of the acclaimed writer Curzio Malaparte, who ...

Across much of Europe, the engines of economic growth are sputtering. In its latest global outlook, the International ...

To experience fado, the mournful folk music born of Lisbon’s oldest neighbourhoods, is to tap into centuries of history and ...

Researchers have found pockmarks on the face of a 3,000-year-old Egyptian mummy. And historical texts describe epidemics of a smallpox-like disease in fourth-century China and second-century Rome.

Conflicts over land and territory will likely proliferate as the accelerating climate crisis collides with rising ...

The museum’s artistic director and chief curator discusses engaging local artists and the city as a vital connector between ...

In this one-hour special, Rick travels back a century to learn how fascism rose and then fell in Europe — taking millions of people with it. Our goal: to learn from the hard lessons of 20th ...

The 21st century pharmaceutical and biotech sector has come a long way from its roots in 19th century pharmacy. pharmaphorum looks at its evolution over the centuries. The roots of the ...

Entering the 20th century just shy of $5, the next big development for the cross saw the Sterling come under pressure during World War One (1914 – 1918).

Tucked away just a few miles northwest of Philadelphia’s bustling center lies Manayunk, a charming riverside district where cobblestone streets climb steep hills and historic industrial buildings have ...

The concepts in the MingKwai typewriter underlie how Chinese, Japanese and Korean are typed today. The typewriter, patented ...

The Rothschild Family’s Net Worth is estimated to be $1.2 Trillion (Forbes) or ($1200 Billion). The Rothschild Family is a ...