The world’s oldest map of the night sky was amazingly accurate Newly discovered fragments of 2,200-year-old star coordinates—once thought lost—reveal the incredible skill of the ancient ...

Rebecca Winke’s first visit to Rome was a coup de foudre, and her affection for the Eternal City has only grown over 25 years ...

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Moved to Boston, where he took a job appraising buildings for an insurance company. Became so fascinated with the buildings’ designs that he decided he would become an architect. Enrolled at the ...

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Months later, I awoke one morning to an ungodly crowing. In a dressing gown, I opened my front door and stepped into the ...

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The aviator’s publicity-mad husband, George Palmer Putnam, kept pushing her to risk her life for the sake of fame.

Richard Brody reviews Wes Anderson’s “The Phoenician Scheme,” starring Benicio del Toro, Mia Threapleton, Tom Hanks, Michael Cera, Benedict Cumberbatch, and Scarlett Johansson.

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