DNA shines a light back into the past, showing us things that fossils can't. But how far back can that light extend? Some of the oldest DNA sequences come from mastodon and polar bear fossils about 50 ...

Tyria Moore secretly recorded her confession, which is heard in full for the first time in Netflix's 'Aileen: Queen of the ...

From the Greeks and the Romans to the Ottoman empire, the history of Sardis, Turkey, is one of persistent turnover. But its ...

In an excerpt from his new book Dinner with King Tut, Sam Kean explores a weird and wild '90s experiment to replicate ancient ...

During the fifth century BC, Athens was a city-state to be reckoned with. Together with Sparta, it was one of the two great powers of Classical Greece. When in 431 bc the Peloponnesian War broke out, ...

Some of the recent advances in the quest to catch a whiff of history are featured in the new book Scents of Arabia: ...

After capturing hundreds of hours of footage, over a decade, for his new docuseries "The American Revolution," filmmaker Ken Burns knew the epic story had to begin with Benjamin Franklin. Burns was ...

Archaeologists excavating some ruins in Turkey unearthed five loaves of Communion bread from 1,200 years ago, officials said. Photo from the Karaman Governorate The summaries below were drafted with ...

From Riot Women, the new series from the creator of Happy Valley, to true-crime drama Murdaugh: Death in the Family, to Tom Hollander’s mind-bending thriller The Iris Affair, here’s what to look ...

Documentary and journalism share a common language. Both chase the truth, shine light on hidden corners, and help us make sense of a complicated world. It’s fitting, then, that this year’s GlobeDocs ...

It's getting harder of late to call Alabama-Tennessee a streaky series. That's been one of the popular notions about this football rivalry, and never more popular in Tuscaloosa when legendary coach ...