Napoleon commissioned the sword, filled with classical motifs, after being elected as consul for life by the senate in 1802.

The Triangle Sword Guild reconstructs Historical European Martial Arts with a blend of research and martial training with real weapons.

GREEN-WOOD HEIGHTS — Brooklyn-based funeral director Amy Cunningham is leading a new type of old funeral these days: green burials. Green burials are gaining traction among people who like ...

1895 — African American jockey James “Soup” Perkins guides Halma to a wire-to-wire victory in the Kentucky Derby. The 15-year-old joins fellow African American jockey Alonzo Clayton as the youngest ...

A look at burning political issues and debates and their historical context within the US and worldwide, hosted by Mitch Jeserich.

Part spoof and part serious, the film is about mythmaking as much as it is about music. The result is delightfully destabilizing. By Alissa Wilkinson During every scene of this western, I couldn ...

While analyzing an 18th-century Austrian mummy, researchers discovered that the man died from tuberculosis and was preserved in a very unusual way: with wood chips, twigs and fabric packed into ...

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Imagine surprising Mom with a trip to a 13th-century Tuscan castle where she can sip wine in ... Children’s items include knight and princess costumes, wooden swords and shields, and educational books ...