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From the birthplace of independence in Philadelphia to the shores of Pearl Harbor, these iconic American landmarks connect travelers with the... Read More

Control of the Dardanelles and the Bosphorus strait was life and death for ancient Athens. Waterways are no less important – and... Read More

As British colonists seized Indigenous land in 19th-century New Zealand, the Māori fought to protect their ancestral territory and political... Read More

The outcome of the American Revolution may have been affected by catastrophic storms in the deadliest hurricane season in recorded history. Read More

After the debacle of the Council House treaty meeting between the Comanche and the President of Texas, Chief Buffalo Hump vowed to drive the... Read More

The North American P-51 Mustang was a long-range fighter aircraft used by the air forces of the United States and... Read More

The private rescue that halted the Panic of 1907 Read More

Before the twentieth century gave armies antibiotics, the leading killer of American soldiers in wartime was neither enemy fire nor shrapnel. Read More

In the late 18th and 19th centuries, Great Britain underwent an industrial revolution with innovations that still impact... Read More

Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey” hits theaters this month, but these believers have never stopped worshiping gods like... Read More

In August 1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt gave a boldly pacifist campaign speech, promising no American would have to go to war. It had seemed... Read More

Archaeologists in Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire unearthed a silver denarius bearing the name of Carausius, who ruled the breakaway state of... Read More

Some people believe the Baghdad Battery is evidence of ancient electrical technology. Read More

Monet to Matisse: Defying Tradition is at the Art Gallery of South Australia, on tour from the Toledo Museum of Art in Ohio. Read More

The highs and the lows on the way to modern America. Read More

Today's episode features host, Chris Mackowski, alongside Kate Egner and Dan Davis of the American Battlefield Trust as they explore how the... Read More

Ten years after the fall of Troy, a king is still missing. His name is Odysseus: trickster, war hero, liar, survivor – and the man... Read More

The U.S. has long professed to be a country where people can seek refuge. That's the promise etched into the base of the Statue of Liberty.... Read More

Agrippina the Younger was one of the most powerful players in Roman history: a ruthless political operator who clawed her way to co-rule the... Read More

George Washington is the hero of a new action-adventure that takes moviegoers to the Colony of Virginia in pre-Revolutionary War America.... Read More

Kim Philby, parachute drops, and what really happened in communist Albania. Read More

From 18th-century pleasure gardens to Studio 54, the story of nightlife in all its hedonistic – and political – glory Read More

In 1898, Wilmington, N.C., was prosperous and integrated. But white supremacists took back control of the city's multi-racial government at... Read More

The supersized tournament delivered thrilling action on the field, with upsets, dramatic comebacks, spectacular goals and standout... Read More

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After 246 years, Pvt. John Pumphrey is unknown no more. Through DNA testing and old-fashioned sleuthing, the Maryland teenager who died in... Read More

La Grande Armée was the military instrument through which Napoleon Bonaparte (Emperor of the French, reign 1804–1814; 1815)... Read More

Always a cool head in a tight spot, Colonel Benjamin Grierson found a way to help General William T. Sherman hold onto his. Read More

In June 1801 in the budding southwest London hamlet of Battersea along the mighty Thames River, the greatest traitor in American history was... Read More

The first day of the Battle of Shiloh (6 April 1862) is commonly interpreted as a case of lost Confederate opportunity—driven largely... Read More

For the families left behind, the loss remains an open wound. Read More

For centuries, Homer's epic poem and central character Odysseus have been misunderstood, but these are the main ways people get it wrong. Read More

Here's how America became a drive-thru nation. Read More

At the end of 2020 I took up painting once more. Aside from the odd piece here or there, this was the first consistent effort at this... Read More

From the recognition of East Germany to the banishment of Taiwan and the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, diplomatic disputes dogged the... Read More

A nearly complete suit of Roman segmental armor recovered from the Kalkriese battlefield in Germany is offering an unprecedented look at... Read More

The highs and the lows on the way to modern America. Read More