In the Middle Ages, hair was a powerful social signal. Hairstyles showed gender, class, morality, and obedience to religious ...

The 2026 Milan-Cortina Olympic Games will take place over an 8,500 square miles in Northern Italy, creating a complex ...

Frank Serpico was shot on 3 February 1971, after exposing corruption in the NYPD. The following year, the BBC reported on the ...

There’s no such thing as a perfect country. Even the world’s “happiest” nation – Finland, for eight years running – is known for its interminable winters, dizzying tax rates and problems with ...

Marquette University is technically the third home of the St. Joan of Arc Chapel, which was built in France around 1420.

From George Stubbs’s golden vision of the labourer’s place in society to Ford Madox Brown’s heroically monumental celebration of manual labour, artists have long been fascinated by the role of work.

Belarusian scientists have reconstructed the face of a miner who lived 4,500 years ago as part of the new study titled “The Population of Belarus. An Album in Faces, A Look into the Past”.

Menstruation is mysterious, stigmatised, and rarely mentioned in historical sources. Now researchers have found physical ...

The neighborhood of Alfama, Lisbon is the oldest and most authentic in the city with winding cobblestone streets and charm on ...

Hawks offered women both real and symbolic means to express gender, power and status within a male-dominated world.

Rainy Day Quilters guild members will hold their 34th annual “Quilting in the Rain” show at the Ted Ferry Civic Center on Feb ...

The historic piece is finished with a gold clasp set with garnets. Charlotte is said to have worn the special bracelet every ...