A new book by author Julian Sancton explores the lengthy quest to find the Spanish galleon—and the political firestorm that ...

When in 955 ad a 20,000-strong force of Magyar raiders besieged the city of Augsburg, Saxon King Otto I gathered an army to ...

No independent Arab state of “Palestine” ever existed in history. The very concept of Palestine as a standalone territorial ...

Montgomery Ward copywriter Bob May and his famous Christmas creation, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer. Montgomery Ward copywriter Bob May and his famous Christmas creation, Rudolph the Red-Nosed ...

You know Dasher and Dancer and Prancer and Vixen. And yes, you still recall the most famous reindeer of all. But how did that red-nosed misfit become a star of Yuletide celebrations? He wasn’t one of ...

A version of this essay first appeared in The Swell, Salon's culture newsletter. Sign up for early access to articles like this, for more culture that's made to last. Two years ago, a viral trend tore ...

*The HISTORY Channel will premiere its gripping new series “History’s Deadliest with Ving Rhames” on Monday, January 26 at 10:00 p.m. ET/PT. Hosted and narrated by Golden Globe-winning actor Ving ...

The Holy Roman Empire, despite the name, was German, but why was it called Roman if it had nothing to do with the Romans? (Image: Imperial crown of the Holy Roman Empire) Credit:Flickr / mitko_denev ...

Whether it's in Final Fantasy, Elden Ring, or Hades 2, clashing with the very gods themselves has long been a fundamental part of video games. However, the longer I ignore the ire of the Roman ...

While excavating at the ancient fort of La Loma in the northern Iberian Peninsula, archaeologists found the shattered remnants of a skull. Genetic analysis shows the skull was male and indigenous to a ...

Throughout history, there have been empires that practically seem to stand the test of time so to say, ruling vast areas of land and people. Credits: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia ...