Those who knew Marilyn Monroe or have studied her history closely are likely well aware that she had a surprisingly tough life. Behind all the glamor and fame was inner turmoil, underestimation, and ...

Although archaeologists have found out a great deal about the ancient Egyptian empire over the course of several centuries, the empire’s many pharaohs had exerted enough influence over vast lands and ...

Geopolitics can be a funny beast. While Earth’s landmass has stayed virtually identical for most of human history, borders have been drawn and redrawn time again as our planet’s inhabitants jockey for ...

So many kids who grew up in the late ’80s and early ’90s will attest that the first crush they had was on Winona Ryder. While she’s certainly beautiful, that had just as much to do with the smart, ...

C-SPAN polled 91 historians to determine who the most popular presidents of all time are. Criteria included relationships with Congress, calm during crises, and international and national relations.

In 1971, a man boarded a plane, pulled off a successful hijacking, and parachuted off the plane, vanishing into thin air. It sounds improbable, but it’s something that really happened — and to this ...

The 1970s stands out as one of the most influential decades in film history. It was during that time that many of Hollywood’s most recent iconic stars, directors, and writers proved their talents. Not ...

No musician sets out to be a one hit wonder, but in many cases, this is exactly what happens: An act bursts onto the scene with a chart-topping song, only to never re-enter the pop culture zeitgeist.

When humans settle an area and start building, they generally stay for at least a few generations. But any number of factors can lead to these places being abandoned in an abrupt manner. The reasons ...

The Mayan civilization may have started as far back as 7,000 BCE but was brought to an end in the 17th Century by Spanish colonization. Yet, while that civilization fell, its grand structures and ...

The ’60s were a tumultuous time of unprecedented change and that was true right up to the decade’s end. After a Space Race that kicked off in the late ’50s and saw a lot of early gains from the Soviet ...

Although the Woodstock festival of 1969 was a staggeringly huge cultural moment with enough hype and prominence to attract over 500,000 to the four-day musical experience, it’s also true that the ...