During the fifth century BC, Athens was a city-state to be reckoned with. Together with Sparta, it was one of the two great ...

War in the Pocket, including some aircraft. Anything missing? Let me know in the comments! I'll pin it to the top. I also ...

Populism exploits crises, bypasses norms, and mobilizes “true people” vs elites.Gracchi brothers’ reforms triggered violence, ...

Art Deco became the defining style of the interwar years. But its bold glamour rested on a questionable patchwork of ...

While the mayors of the cities did sign a peace treaty in 1985, it was a symbolic gesture. In reality, the wars between the two ancient civilizations ended more than 2,000 years prior when Rome ...

Napoleon: Napoleon Bonaparte was a French general who, after rising to power during the French Revolution, carried out a ...

A unique sculpture of Gajalakshmi, which stylistically belongs to the 10th century AD, was found in Valvanti river at Parye ...

If you look closer at the building stones, tiles and pavements of the big city, you can find a hidden world of geology and ...

Pete Hegseth is a modern-day Narcissus: preoccupied with image, extravagantly unqualified for his position yet ...

In the slaveholding South, ancient Egypt and its pharaohs became a way to justify slavery. For abolitionists and African Americans, biblical Egypt served as a symbol of bondage and liberation.

The insect, which became known as the London Underground mosquito, is known by scientists as Culex pipiens form molestus. Evolutionary biologists have long believed that it evolved from the ...

The Courant’s arts picks for Oct. 19-25 include Shakespeare adaptations, live history podcasts, a dance troupe and ’90s ...