A life-sized Ice Age icon is bringing history to life in Monticello. Meet Priscilla the Mastodon, the star of a hands-on summer series at the Jefferson County Public Library.

Travel guides can tell you a lot about a country. But locals often have stories and facts you won’t find anywhere else.

Strong maternal lines recovered from ancient DNA samples at the Neolithic site of Çatalhöyük, along with archaeological evidence of female-centered practice, points to a socio-cultural practice of mat ...

These 4,500-year-old rattles may be among the world’s oldest toys. A new study argues that ancient rattles unearthed in Syria aren’t musical instruments, but toys used to entertain infants.

Having a lot of children can cause headaches when settling issues of inheritance. Even more so when a royal throne is part of ...

Game of Thrones, the blockbuster HBO show based on George RR Martin's fantasy novels A Song of Ice and Fire, first aired on ...

The YA graphic novel by the author and his co-creator, Alex L. Combs, aims to dispel myths and misinformation about trans ...

Ancient Hebrew texts and Egyptian tomb paintings reveal the origins of our favorite summertime fruit. The watermelon has long inspired artists, such as Giuseppe Recco's Still Life With Fruit (1634 ...

In The Emerald: The Importance of Tolerance with Mansa Musa, Letricia Menuba offers a journey into the ancient city of Timbuktu, guided by the lessons of the legendary ruler, Mansa Musa. The story ...

From the beginning of its Work in Progress session at Annecy’s Pierre Lamy Theatre, directors Sunao Katabuchi and Chie Uratani’s love of history couldn’t be clearer. The session, based ...

Every year on June 21, millions around the world unite to celebrate International Yoga Day, a global observance that honours ...

Knowles: ‘When we recognize the push to make Juneteenth a national holiday was led by an educator — it highlights the ...