Swedish King Gustav II unveiled a battleship of epic proportions to an awed public. "Vasa" was supposed to signify the ...

The second half of the 19th century was a particularly interesting time to imagine Mars. This was a period during which the ...

But after a flurry of concern, Europe’s major powers rolled over and went back to sleep. Moscow’s full-scale invasion of the ...

First thought to belong to an English lady-in-waiting, the lavish silk clothing from a 17th-century Dutch vessel is just one of many mysteries surrounding the last voyage of the Palmwood Wreck.

This video explores how bureaucracy became the central force driving Germany’s rise, wars, and eventual democratic success.

Witch trials were not unique to Salem. Europe had undergone a witch-hunting craze from the 15th to the 18th centuries, prosecuting an estimated 100,000 people—mostly women—for accusations of ...

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WHEN ISRAEL launched its war on Iran on June 13th it did so on the basis of intelligence that it claimed showed Iran had reached a “point of no return” in its quest for a nuclear weapon. That ...

A new battle between Trump and Tucker Carlson over Israel’s war with Iran is severely undermining that understanding of MAGA.

Volunteers cleaning Poland’s Krzna River uncover well-preserved 6-pound 17th-century cannonball, sparking intrigue about its origins, Lublin officials said.