Enemy soldiers overlooked Josefina "Joey" Guerrero due to her condition. Later, her heroic actions on behalf of the Allies were largely forgotten
Fifty years ago, Rose Dugdale stole 19 paintings worth an estimated £8 million, including works by Vermeer, Velázquez and Rubens, from a British aristocrat's estate
The thousands of clay soldiers guarding Qin Shi Huang's tomb are enduring representations of the ruler’s legacy
Unlike many of his peers, John Howland Rowe viewed the country as a source of partnership, not a laboratory to play in
Grassroots exhibitions popping up in Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Croatia and Poland provide a window into ordinary lives during the communist era
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The story of the half-human, half-monkey god mirrors the journey of the protagonist in Patel's directorial debut
The new mini-series dramatizes the Villiers family’s scandalous rise to power at the court of England's James I
The civilization developed the world’s first known tax system around 3000 B.C.E.
In the late 17th century, Henry Avery—the subject of the first global manhunt—bribed his way into the Bahamas
The collapse of Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge is shocking—but not unprecedented
The Mediterranean capital city savors its connections to antiquity—while reappraising its past
Untold Stories of American History
Many of these selective clubs peaked in popularity in the 18th and 19th centuries
Princess Dashkova led research institutes, wrote plays and music, and embarked on a Grand Tour of 18th-century Europe
Mohammed V defied the collaborationist Vichy regime, saving Morocco's 250,000 Jews from deportation to Nazi death camps
Aristocrats plotted to kill the Siberian peasant, who wielded undue influence over Nicholas II and his wife, Alexandra. But the conspiracy backfired, hastening the coming Russian Revolution
A new adaptation offers a fresh take on James Clavell's 1975 novel, which fictionalizes the stories of English sailor William Adams, shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu and Japanese noblewoman Hosokawa Gracia
Inside the search for a plane shot down over the Pacific—and the new effort to bring its fallen heroes home
A new book chronicles the 16-plus battles that took place in the Greek pass between the ancient era and World War II
During Carnival, villagers wearing wooden masks and dressing like fearsome “tschäggättä” terrorize the streets
Those who choose to put the numbers on their bodies hope the act will spark conversation about the Holocaust and pay tribute to loved ones who survived
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