After witnessing the bloody struggle with Japan, Robert Sherrod thought the public should face the 'cruel' facts
In 1923, Adolf Hitler wrote an embellished autobiography to convince Germans he was their natural leader
Today, archaeologists are still debating just how old the hoard is—and what it tells us about the end of the Roman Empire in Britain
At the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, the strips of fabric, written in blood and rust, serve as a testament to Syria's disappeared
Scientists have little doubt that Stonehenge functioned as a Neolithic cemetery
After World War II, Jewish refugees found they could never return to their native land—a sentiment that some echo today
Shrouded in mystery, the Temple of Garni offers a rare glimpse into pre-Christian Caucasia
The eccentric inventor and modern Prometheus died 75 years ago, after a rags-to-riches to rags life
1968: The Year That Shattered America
A short story reimagines the riots at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago and the chaos that shocked the world
1968: The Year That Shattered America
In the hamlet where U.S. troops killed hundreds of men, women and children, survivors are ready to forgive the most infamous American soldier of the war
From Truman onwards, the ability to order a nuclear strike has shaped the office
A ground-breaking scientific technique is tracing the life of one of the bog bodies of Northern Europe
The genome of an infant from Upward Sun River, Alaska offers tantalizing insight into the story of human migration
The mirage of the singer's soaring success echoes the mirage of post-war tranquility at home
The nation is still reckoning with the changes that came in that fateful year
By all accounts, Roman gladiators were the rock stars of their day, performing in a packed coliseum to a crowd of thousands
Doctors then, as now, overprescribed the painkiller to patients in need, and then, as now, government policy had a distinct bias
1968: The Year That Shattered America
At the site of Robert Kennedy's assassination, the kids at a Los Angeles public school keep his spirit alive
Either due to conquest or simply the ravages of time, these founding papers of civilizations around the world will remain mysteries forever
By feeding his visions for the future to a well-regarded contemporary, the prolific inventor offered a peek into his brilliant mind
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