Renowned social and cultural historian Merry Wiesner-Hanks brings a new perspective to world history by examining social and cultural developments across the globe, including families and kin groups, ...

An atlas is a collection of maps, and maps are the tools we use to explore and define new frontiers. That's our mission: to trace the development of extraordinary ideas that move the world forward.

About Time,” a retrospective opening in Boston, comes at a time of radical change for a pioneer of media dance.

[From: Society’s Final Solution: A History and Discussion of the Death Penalty, Laura E. Randa, ed., University Press of America, Inc., 1997. Reprinted with ...

For early risers, Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS offers a rare skywatching treat. But it's not just enjoyed by those of us on the ...

Here are the 11 most darling small towns in New York, as determined by the World Atlas. History is aplenty in this Seneca County town located between the northern end of Seneca and Cayuga lakes.

The first published illustrations of lupus erythematosus were included in von Hebra's text, Atlas of Skin Diseases, published in 1856. The Neoclassical era of the history of lupus began in 1872 when ...

The name "Marvel" wasn't used until 1961 when Stan Lee introduced to the world the Fantastic Four ... renamed/rebranded Magazine Management and Atlas Comics. Atlas became reactionary instead ...

“It's so weird,” says Richard Hammond. “I mean [I meet] fully grown ... drew in 350 million viewers a week around the world.

Today's object: Mummy of Hornedjitef British Museum Mummy and coffins of a priest who lived over 1,000 years after Tutankhamun and Ramesses the Great. Weekly theme: Making us human Looking at the ...

History is aplenty in this Seneca County town ... Lewiston is a "haven for unexplored adventure," according to the World Atlas. The Tuscarora Heroes and Freedom Crossing monuments are must ...

When Adolf Hitler co-opted it, its meaning changed forever On This Day in History On September 10, 1622, Japanese officials burned alive or beheaded 55 missionaries and laypeople alike.