With more than 500 bridges crisscrossing the city of Philadelphia, they are an integral part of daily life. In a city defined by its rivers, bridges make possible the connections between people.

For the king, the aim was to make “submission not just tolerable but actually desirable.” That enabled Mesopotamian rule to ...

Marco Polo (1254--1324) is likely the most famous merchant who ever lived. Even small children know his name, thanks to the ...

Lyuba Basin oversees the Rare Books section at the Marriott Library, inspiring others with cultural and historical works.

The ancient city of Teos sits on the western coast of Türkiye, directly across the Aegean Sea from Athens. Today, it is ...

History’s first city, at least according to the ancient text known as the Sumerian King List found on a clay tablet, was also ...

The long-lost city of Aten, near Luxor, was initially discovered in 2021 and has now been fully excavated, offers insights ...

When was the Declaration of Independence signed? Answer: Aug. 2, 1776 Question: The United States bought Alaska from which country? Answer: Russia Question: Who was the fourth president of the United ...

“No book is to be taken out. Open from the... Archaeologists have discovered an ancient, decorated rock tomb hidden in the courtyard of a house in Turkiye's southeastern city of Sanliurfa, which in ...