The Suda, the massive tome written by a Byzantine scholar around the year 1100, was one of the world's first encyclopedias and lexicons.

When someone mentions pirates, images of peg legs, parrots, grand pirate ships, and buried treasure permeate our minds. Embellished stories of seafaring rogues offer a romanticized version of lives ...

It’s tempting to imagine that the world was once home to mythical lands of beauty and abundance whose streets were lined with ...

Miss Laura’s Social Club in Fort Smith is a historic former brothel and a symbol of the town’s rich heritage. Listed on the ...

Yesterday, the US Women’s National Soccer Team were given the keys to the city by Mayor Bill DeBlasio at New York City Hall ...

Charleston, W.Va. – The following events happened on these dates in West Virginia history. To read more, go to e-WV: The West ...

People turn to Wikipedia for information on myriad topics, from historical events to cultural practices. It is, after all, ...

People around the world have been enchanted by the baby pygmy hippo whose name means something like "bouncy pork meatball." ...

Actually, the Packers never faced Jim Thorpe. He was 34 years old when the Packers joined the two-year-old American ...

The very next day, the Suffolk County Council Archaeology Service (SCCAS) was on the scene, according to the World History Encyclopedia. The gold and silver artifacts part of the Hoxne Hoard weigh ...