Prologue The Roosevelt poster on freedom is timeless. I thought about its message while on the Parthenon. In early October ...

A student is stabbed to death in the street. Maigret and Cavre disagree over the killer’s motives. A student is stabbed to death in the street. As Maigret and Cavre disagree over the killer’s motives, ...

You can’t accuse those who title “NOVA” episodes of burying the lede with “Ancient Desert Death Trap.” There are mysteries afoot, for sure. But a viewer will have the unavoidable suspicion that doom ...

Archaeologists uncovered an artifact so mathematically precise it challenges everything we know about ancient craftsmanship — its symmetry and geometry rival modern computer design. Trump wants to ...

Fun facts about Cleopatra: Although associated in the public mind with ancient Egypt, she lived closer to our time than to the building of the pyramids of Giza. When she was ruling Egypt and ...

Lead exposure has been thought to be a uniquely modern phenomenon. Exposure to lead by ancient humans could have given modern humans a survival advantage over other species – more specifically, their ...

Between 500 BCE and 500 CE, the Nazca people of coastal Peru created what amounts to the world's largest art gallery — except the viewing platform was the sky. Across nearly 200 square miles of desert ...

Glamorous lady detective Phryne Fisher returns in a cinematic sequel to the popular TV series. Glamorous lady detective Phryne Fisher (Essie Davis, The Babadook) returns in a cinematic sequel to the ...

Ancient bones, artifacts and texts offer numerous insights into the past, as does the chewing gum that Neolithic people chewed on and spat out long ago. Analysis of lumps of birch bark tar from ...

Oct. 22 (UPI) --Sam Claflin will portray The Count of Monte Cristo in an upcoming addition to the PBS Masterpiece series. The story, inspired by the 1846 book penned by Alexandre Dumas, follows Edmond ...

PBS Masterpiece has revealed the premiere date for its adaptation of The Count of Monte Cristo tsarring Sam Claflin (Daisy Jones and the Six) and Jeremy Irons (The Borgias). The latest version of the ...