Two centuries after his downfall, Napoleon remains both revered and controversial in France — but above all, unavoidable.

William Blackstone - From the archives of Prof. Paul Rood: used with permission ...

Mortality and economic contraction during the 1918-1920 Great Influenza Pandemic provide plausible upper bounds for outcomes under the coronavirus (COVID-19). Data for 48 countries imply flu-related ...

Billboard’s Top Country Artists of the 21st Century recap reflects performance on weekly charts dated Jan. 1, 2000, through Dec. 28, 2024. The category ranks the best-performing acts in that ...

Ask the publishers to restore access to 500,000+ books. The Internet Archive keeps the record straight by preserving government websites, news publications, historical documents, and more. If you find ...

Plus! A Juneteenth musical spectacular, new neighborhood market in the Sunset, Queer Women of Color Film Fest, and W. Kamau ...

Royal occupation A sunken chamber in Amenhotep II’s tomb holds his sarcophagus, which— to the astonishment of the tomb’s discoverers—still contained the king’s mummy in 1898.

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — More than 150 attorneys, judges, family members and friends gathered in the Central Jury Room at the Supreme Court for the unveiling of a portrait of the late New York ...

Thousands of life-size terra-cotta soldiers stand in Pit 1, the largest repository of figurines at the third-century B.C. funerary complex of Emperor Qin Shi Huangdi, near Xi’an, China.

A 19th-Century portrait of Masjid al-Haram, taken by Abd al-Gaffar, one of the earliest known photographer from Mecca As the dispute dragged on, the story took on a life of its own. In 2011 ...

Kintsugi is a traditional Japanese art of repairing broken ceramics with lacquer mixed with powdered gold, silver, or platinum. Not only does this technique make the item usable again, but it also ...