Culture Minister Jakob Engel-Schmidt called the timing a coincidence, noting that he had already commissioned a committee to come up with a list of women whose accomplishments merited public ...

Edmonia Lewis virtually vanished from history when she died in 1907. A new exhibition at the Peabody Essex Museum teases out the mysteries of Lewis's life while showcasing her marble sculptures.

A new development at the southeast corner of Chicago's East Lakeview community would clear away a medical office building and ...

While many people are fixated on the future, there’s still plenty that we don’t know about the past. After all, our planet ...

Explore five standout historic estates across the United States that reveal the lives, legacies, and lifestyles of influential American figures.

Louis Leo Holtz was born Jan. 6, 1937, in Follansbee, West Virginia, and aspired to be a high school football coach. His ...

An independent researcher claimed on Wednesday that a marble bust of Christ in a Roman church is by Michelangelo, the latest purported attribution to the Renaissance ...

Once again, claims that certain gender roles are historically near-universal run into evidence of something much more ...