A lyre in a treasure-laden royal tomb discovered in Mesopotamia is the earliest stringed instrument ever found. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission ...

A Manhattan plastic surgeon cut back against his model ex-girlfriend’s explosive claims he turned her into a “sex slave” and performed a procedure without anesthesia to cover up his abuse.

Mauritania's endless sea of sand dunes hides an open secret: An estimated 10% to 20% of the population lives in slavery. But as one woman's journey shows, the first step toward freedom is ...

The once enslaved Rosetta Wells and her friend Mrs. John Brooks were seamstresses paid by the day. 21 Elizabeth Keckly, Mrs. Lincoln’s dressmaker, had been born into slavery in Virginia. Whipped from ...

Assyria was a major civilization of ancient Mesopotamia—a historic region centered on modern-day Iraq. During this year's excavations, archaeologists unearthed two previously unknown shrines ...

Upcoming Events Past Events Book the Decatur House Intimate Gatherings & Large Celebrations When the Adamses returned to Washington, D.C. in 1817 after a nine-year diplomatic mission abroad, slavery ...

Dec. 12, 2024 — Neanderthal genes make up 1-2% of the genomes of non-Africans. Scientists analyzed the lengths of regions of Neanderthal DNA in 58 ancient Eurasian genomes of early modern humans ...

For nearly 300 years, a family’s ancestral house in India's southern state of Kerala has been the stage for theyyam, an ancient folk ritual. Rooted in ancient tribal traditions, theyyam predates ...