The French Revolution in Pictures
The French Revolution Digital Archive has more than 14,000 images from the Revolution of 1789
Why Are People Protesting in Ukraine?
At least nine people have died in clashes between protestors and police in Kiev’s Independence Square
The Vikings’ Apocalypse Is Coming Up
According to old Norse mythology, we’re 100 days into the end of the world
Chocolate Milk Was Invented in Jamaica
As with many things, the European who gets credit for inventing chocolate milk probably did not actually invent it
Sarajevo’s Abandoned Olympic Sites
Haunting images of a war-torn Winter Olympic venue
The Oldest Human Footprints Ever Discovered Outside of Africa Have Already Been Washed Away
Casts and computer images are all that’s of footprints made 900,000 years ago on the British coast
150 Years Ago, Sochi Was the Site of a Horrific Ethnic Cleansing
Czar Alexander II may have freed the serfs, but his war against the stateless people of the Caucasus cannot be ignored
Just Call This Hunter-Gatherer Ol’ Blue-Eyes
DNA from an ancient human tooth found in a cave in Spain reveals one European hunter-gatherer’s complexion
How Medieval People Decided Whether Sex Was Acceptable or Not
Spoiler alert: your sex is definitely Medievally sinful
How Matera Went From Ancient Civilization to Slum to a Hidden Gem
Once the “shame of Italy,” the ancient warren of natural caves in Matera may be Europe’s most dramatic story of rebirth
Not All the Knights of the Round Table Were White
The storytellers assumed we’d be sharp enough to pick up on their hints that Sir Morien was black. Turns out, we’re not
The Dutch Nearly Beat James Cook to New Zealand
A shipwreck discovered off New Zealand dates to a time before Cook’s arrival
Snapshot: Paris Underground
Tunneling into the fascinating dark underbelly of the City of Lights
France’s Leading Lady
Relics from her 1431 execution are a forgery. Will we ever know the real Joan of Arc?
Poland’s War
Remembering martial law 25 years later
Continental Crossroads
East greets West as Hungary’s history-rich capital embraces the future
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