This description of the teething process comes from a 3,000-year-old medical handbook from ancient Assyria and Babylonia. The ...

We celebrate the period as a golden age of cultural rebirth. But two new books argue that the Renaissance, as we imagine it, ...

At its peak, the Old Babylonian Empire rose to be one of the biggest civilizations the world had seen–but what was daily life ...

A medieval abbey in Hungary is battling a beetle infestation threatening its ancient book collection.

Why is there a Jewish practice to bury prayer books and other texts that contain God's name? A rabbi offers the mystical answer.

12 years after the release of Man of Steel, it's time to revisit the most controverisal scene in comic book movie history.

Saqqara reveals more of its hidden secrets with the unveiling of a trove of treasures found on January 17th, including 3,000-year-old sarcophagi near the Pyramid of King Teti, the first Pharaoh of ...

Talking Heads are revered as thoughtful art rockers. But the band's history is thorny, as explored in new book, "Burning Down the House." ...

Charlie English delves into the CIA's attempts to combat communism via literature including '1984' in a book that reminds, in an age of book bans, how powerful stories — and reading — can be.

“Akron at 200: A Bicentennial History” offers an in-depth account on subjects that haven’t been covered or covered thoroughly in previous history publications.