During the Golden Age of Piracy, from about 1650 to 1730, pirates roamed much of the world’s seas, stealing valuable cargo ...

In the 16th century, ruthless Cossack mercenaries spearheaded Imperial Russia's bloody conquest of Siberia, driven by the ...

Few spectacles in recorded history have grabbed people’s attention quite like the Roman gladiatorial games, a cultural force significant enough to leave its mark on Roman law, art, and politics. Yet, ...

Unlike Homer’s two epic poems, the Iliad and the Odyssey, and most other important works of ancient literature, Virgil’s Aeneid was officially commissioned by an imperial ruler: Rome’s first emperor, ...

Throughout history, many works of art have traveled difficult journeys. Misplaced by war and revolution, these works of art have found themselves transported into completely different settings than ...

Debunking the myths about Japan’s shadow warriors is easy, but changing the century-old stereotype certainly isn’t.

The era commonly known as the Wild West lasted a short while, from about 1865-1890 – the end of the American Civil War to the general end of the westward expansion of the railroads. In Tombstone, ...

The ancient Egyptian hieroglyphic writing system first appeared over 5000 years ago. The signs quickly became standardized, and artists carved them on tomb and temple walls in forms that changed ...