So that's why they're called jack-o'-lanterns! The post What People Used to Carve For Halloween (Before Pumpkins) appeared ...

Researchers have found pockmarks on the face of a 3,000-year-old Egyptian mummy. And historical texts describe epidemics of a smallpox-like disease in fourth-century China and second-century Rome.

The second half of the 19th century was a particularly interesting time to imagine Mars. This was a period during which the ...

A corner of Edinburgh’s Canongate, that was once the site a 17th century Magdalene Asylum, is being turned into new student housing. Did you know with a Digital Subscription to Edinburgh News ...

Whether they be created for television, film, or even comic books, the Man of Steel’s next cinematic adventure boasts a relatively large cast of named crimefighters for a non-team superhero project, ...

A 17th-century British portrait featuring an identified Black subject is shedding new light on the lives of enslaved attendants in aristocratic households thanks to the rediscovery of a letter ...

Trump may be remembered as ‘greatest peacemaker’ of 21st century, former envoy says Once a target of an Iranian assassination plot, the former Israeli diplomat called the US strikes a game ...

First thought to belong to an English lady-in-waiting, the lavish silk clothing from a 17th-century Dutch vessel is just one of many mysteries surrounding the last voyage of the Palmwood Wreck.

Green Lantern Dark #5 hits stores on June 25th, featuring a battle against an evil sorceress in New England Campfire stories and willpower are the weapons of choice as our heroes free towns from ...

The show brings together a trio of paintings by 17th century Dutch master Johannes Vermeer: the Frick's own "Mistress and Maid," "The Love Letter" on loan from the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, and ...

The Venetian School, 17th Century comprised a group of artists active in this region in the period. Works identified as being by this group appear regularly at auction. What is Venetian School, 17th ...