Behind the dreamy scenery of the HBO show’s latest location lurks an explosive story of Thailand’s involvement in the conflict and a sunken Japanese tanker
Divers recently discovered the wreck of a German submarine and the Royal Navy Q-ship that sank it in February 1917
Prohibited from serving with the U.S. Army as a medical officer, Barbara Stimson was commissioned by the British—and helped open the American military to female doctors
The display of exquisite samurai armor in Oklahoma highlights the importance of aesthetics to Japan's famed fighters
In the 1850s, cuneiform was just a series of baffling scratches on clay, waiting to spill the secrets of the ancient civilizations of Mesopotamia
In the Orkney Islands, archaeologists close the chapter on a legendary excavation, capping two decades of remarkable Neolithic discoveries
Inside the fight to memorialize victims of the military junta that ruled over the South American nation in the 1970s and '80s
Untold Stories of American History
The Carolina Corps achieved emancipation through military service, paving the way for future fighters in the British Empire to do the same
A new book examines the rise and fall of the Carolingian dynasty, discussing how people across social classes understood the momentous history of their day
The decline of the American South's cotton and sugar industries paved the way for plantations in British-controlled Fiji and Australia, where victims of "blackbirding" endured horrific working conditions
Our favorite titles of the year resurrect forgotten histories and examine how the United States ended up where it is today
Starring Saoirse Ronan as a young mother, the film celebrates Londoners' resilience in the face of an eight-month Nazi aerial bombing campaign
The "Gladiator" sequel centers on Lucius Verus, the secret son of Russell Crowe's character from the 2000 film. Both men achieve fame as enslaved fighters driven by their desire for revenge
New archaeological finds on the islands have revealed secrets about one of Britain’s first settlements in the Americas—and the surprising ways it changed the New World
To raise awareness for a charity event, aspiring engineers planted six UFOs across southern England on a single day in 1967
Once one of the world’s most dangerous border crossings, Berlin's symbol of death and division has been turned into a tangible way to experience history
The game was born from Americans' obsession with Spiritualism in the 19th century. Since then, it's functioned as a reflection of their deep-seated beliefs and anxieties for more than a century
After he was forced off the German stage in 1934 by antisemitic hecklers, Leo Reuss found a daring way to hide in plain sight
In 1978, Soviet geologists stumbled upon a family of five in the taiga. They had been cut off from almost all human contact since fleeing religious persecution in 1936
Cenotes in the Yucatán Peninsula are time capsules preserving remnants of Maya culture and fossils of extinct megafauna
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