On this day in 1916, the slaughter of a generation had begun.

An ancient-DNA analysis of the bones of two members of the Renaissance Medici family has confirmed they had malaria when they died.

A personal and emotional account by a Titanic survivor

This VE Day, I want people to remember the faces of individuals like Czeslawa Kwoka.

Our latest Questions and Answers cover the military importance of Ypres in WW1, the French Cemetery and Memorials at Notre Dame de Lorette in Northern France, weather on the landscape of the Wester…

Steps towards a psychogeography of Shakespeare's Stratford

where I've been, plus learning that having an identity crisis is actually part of the creative process

where I've been, plus learning that having an identity crisis is actually part of the creative process

Digital colourist Marina Amaral, the woman behind the Faces of Auschwitz project, explains why her work colourising pictures of Auschwitz inmates is so vital, despite the toll it takes personally.

The artist and the sitter’s identities for this unique portrait of a woman working in a grocery shop c. 1790 to 1825 in Glasgow Museum’s collections are as yet unknown and remain to be discovered. …

ALT: a man with a beard holds up a sign that says any thoughts

ALT: a dog is standing in front of a heart shaped neon sign .

The Getty Villa has caught fire in the wind-driven fire burning out of control in Pacific Palisades, according to Los Angeles Fire Department radio traffic.