Most famous as the hometown of Shakespeare’s tragic couple Romeo and Juliet, Verona isn’t typically one of the first cities ...

In prehistoric Northwest Europe, it was not uncommon for the dead to be deliberately placed in the watery pools of peatlands.

If you tried to keep track of every new restaurant and bar in New York, your head might spin. So just read this list instead. These are the openings that seem like they have the most potential.

Every era has its own beauty standards—but some have aged better than others. Long before contour kits and lip fillers, ...

ACOPA do mundo é nossa” sang the Brazilian poet, diplomat and nine-times-married composer Vinicius de Moraes in 1970. The Argentine ...

Understanding the acceleration of human impacts on the environment is key to addressing the complex planetary and social challenges of the Anthropocene. But even as the inter-relatedness of ...

Archaeologists working at a site in south Wales have uncovered dozens of skeletons – mostly women – which offer a “window ...

A new study in PNAS uses historical and ecological data to examine the rise and fall of Piast Poland, investigating the factors necessary for the emergence and sustainability of state-run social ...

May Day baskets can be baskets, bags, or boxes of flowers or treats that are left anonymously for friends on May 1. Make a ...

The Eltz Castle is commonly known as Burg Eltz, Burg being the translation for “castle” in German. The first written evidence ...

Two new art exhibits Knights in Armor the Pavia Tapestries and Art Deco painter Tamara de Lempicka now open at Museum of Fine ...

"Our findings point to an intense period of natural wildfires and vegetation collapse caused by increased lightning during the early Holocene," said Prof. Frumkin. "These fires likely removed vast ...