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Thirty years after the bombing of Nagasaki, a US physicist who helped to assemble the bomb revealed to the BBC why the blast couldn't be... Read More

Pilot Ben Ernst bailed out of his stricken B-25 Mitchell bomber off the coast of Palermo and spent two years as a POW. Read More

The otherworldly beasts and enigmatic masks of Sanxingdui still enthrall China, decades after unearthing of ceremonial pits Read More

In 1906, US troops slaughtered up to 1,000 Moros at Bud Dajo in the southern Philippines, then called it a battle. Historian Kim Wagner... Read More

1980s Catalysts to Fall of "Independent" Agencies Included Cameo by Massachusetts AG Read More

Robert Scott and Ernest Shackleton were comrades on their first Antarctic adventure but the expedition would sow the seeds of future rivalry. Read More

The German businessman was obsessed with Homer and determined to find King Priam's city. But his recklessness turned dangerous as he dug for... Read More

The Danube is at such a low level that Second World War relics are resurfacing in Budapest: alongside a motorbike, the bodies of two soldiers... Read More

The Iliad and Odyssey have shaped Western ideas of heroism for nearly three millennia. Yet despite centuries of debate over whether they... Read More

John W. Davis’s fight against government overreach Read More

The Aztecs combined two interlocking calendars into a 52-year cycle that set the rhythms of daily life and sacred rituals.   Read More

Save Our Signs aims to document every sign in the more than 400 national parks and historic sites across the country before the Trump... Read More

As Washington continues to argue over whether the American founding should be celebrated or deconstructed, and while most... Read More

Nobody knows who dropped Speedy Weber’s correspondence at a USO office in 2022. Researchers have finally tracked down two living... Read More

The highs and the lows on the way to modern America. Read More

Join Greg and his guests in Victorian England to learn all about Francis Galton. Read More

Monopoly is one of the best-selling board games of all time. It heralds free market economics and celebrates the American dream. That's a far... Read More

Meet Diades, Alexander the Great’s overlooked military engineer, the man who made the impossible siege of Tyre happen.Tristan Hughes... Read More

Join Mary Beth Norton for an exploration and reflection of the Declaration of Independence as American Scripture. Read More

This brilliant account of attempts by the old guard to take back control captures the ludicrousness of it all beautifully Read More

Life for settlers in the American West was tough, yet there was friendship and a sense of community too, at least according to Little House... Read More

Your favorite period piece, onscreen. Read More

What the TV drama reveals about Britain’s deadliest terror attack Read More

On paper, military engagements often seem dictated by raw numbers: the size of a fleet, the count of infantry divisions, or the caliber of... Read More

Pressured to pry General Joseph E. Johnston from Kennesaw Mountain in June 1864, Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman suffered a bloody repulse. Read More

How Perception Shaped Victory at Shiloh and the Wilderness Read More

It was a crisp, fall morning in late September near Tarrytown, 30 miles north of New York City, and three Patriot militiamen sat around a... Read More

Caroline’s use of Arthurian iconography sought to promote a shared British identity at a time of political uncertainly. Read More

When Iraq gained independence in 1932, its sovereignty remained constrained by Britain. The monarchy responded by building a powerful... Read More

The new finds are being revealed ahead of a series of archaeology open days. Read More

When Spanish conquistadors arrived in the New World some five centuries ago, they brought muskets, cannons, armor, horses and attack... Read More

2000 years ago, deep in the forests of Germany, a Roman army walked into a trap. It had been set by the Germanic warlord Arminius, a man... Read More

Visit dig sites and hike trails for an up-close look at dinosaur fossils and more. Read More

At first, Andy Crammond thought the object was a bull’s nose ring. Other artifacts unearthed nearby include a Viking brooch, a Roman... Read More

Andrew Johnson (1808-1875) was the 17th President of the United States, who was suddenly thrust into the office in 1865 after the... Read More

After following Marco Polo’s journey through Iran and much of Afghanistan, National Geographic rode 2,600 miles from the wastes of China's... Read More

Ohio State topped the 2026 preseason US LBM Coaches Poll when it was released Aug. 4, marking the program’s first... Read More

The highs and the lows on the way to modern America. Read More