The television series Asking the Vast Earth (问苍茫, 2023) opens with a scene of a young Mao Zedong swimming in the Xiang River, swollen from the heavy rains. A fisherman calls from the bank
A recent report by MIT Technology Review highlights the growing debate among archaeologists about whether to continue excavating historical sites or wait until more advanced, less destructive technologies are developed. The discussion
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Archaeologists and forensic researchers have made a remarkable discovery in the ruins of Herculaneum: a human brain that was transformed into glass due to the extreme heat of the Mount Vesuvius eruption
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In a rare television appearance, former cavalry officer James Hewitt shared his thoughts on what the late Princess Diana would think about the ongoing feud between her sons, Prince William and Prince
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If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart. ~ Nelson Mandela
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More than 60 years after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, James Files, a former Chicago mob hitman, continues to claim that he was the one who fired the fatal shot.
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Archaeologists have uncovered the long-lost tomb of Pharaoh Thutmose II in Egypt’s Western Valleys of the Theban Necropolis, making it the most significant archaeological discovery since the unearthing of Tutankhamun’s tomb in
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by Satchi Terry Deary, renowned for his irreverent yet incisive approach to history, delivers A History of Britain in Ten Enemies as a biting, often satirical examination of Britain’s greatest adversaries. It
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Anirudh Kanisetti’s Lords of Earth and Sea: A History of the Chola Empire is an ambitious and erudite retelling of one of South India’s most influential yet often overlooked dynasties. A sweeping
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In a report originally published in Israel Hayom, historian Dr. Yoav Gelber sheds light on Israel’s covert efforts to encourage the emigration of Gaza’s residents, a strategy dating back to the years
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Prince Karim Al-Hussaini, Aga Khan IV, hereditary Imam of the world’s 12-15 million Shia Ismaili Muslims, died recently in Lisbon, Portugal. What a life he led. The Aga Khan (Great Khan as
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