A correspondence about an ancient Greek letter that was eaten by mice is certainly one of the funniest anecdotal ...

The first true alphabet was an invention of the Greek world, revolutionizing writing, literacy, and shaping foundations of ...

Pierre-Jean Chalençon’s trove is one of the most comprehensive private Napoleonic collections ever to come to market.

Jerome Cohen's book tells how a legal approach helped build bridges between America and East Asia from China and Taiwan to ...

The normally private residence where the Pride & Prejudice author took lodgings for the final three months of her life with ...

Presidents to follow will all be better students of history than Trump ... It was made most prominent in Lincoln’s famous Gettysburg Address of Nov. 19, 1863, a restatement of the Declaration ...

The shareholder resolution came during the same week groups of conservationists, religious leaders, and students wrote separate letters asking ... Chemours has a history in the region, having ...

Over his life, Charles Darwin rose to become one of the most famous scientists in ... the founder of the Natural History Museum, London, and an extraordinary scientist in his own right. In one of ...

Americans have long been taught the basics of Paul Revere's famed midnight ride — which he completed exactly 250 years ago Saturday — to alert U.S. minutemen of British troops' approach ...

A tear-jerking episode of PBS’ hit series Antiques Roadshow saw collector Vie Carlson experienced an emotional whirlwind after learning the value of a unique piece of history—a letter signed ...

Famous scientist Sir Isaac Newton predicted the world will end in 2060 in a chilling letter scrawled above a ... Snobelen, a history of science and technology professor at the University of ...