One was a filmmaker, the other a scholarly adviser (who sometimes appeared on camera), and the two became close friends, ...

In the 1600s the Netherlands established one of the world’s first art markets – but it couldn’t have happened without the ...

The fate of the settlers who founded the "Lost Colony of Roanoke" in what is now North Carolina remains unknown.

Their whereabouts baffled historians for centuries until 2012 when experts with the British Museum analyzed the 400-year-old ...

In “A Perfect Frenzy,” Andrew Lawler reveals the hypocrisies of the patriots on the battleground of colonial Virginia.

He talked of a new Manifest Destiny and a “Golden Age.” He invoked the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt. An honor guard appeared with tricorn hats, ...

A fascinating study highlights the pivotal role Indigenous communities played in the adoption and spread of peaches across ...