Notions of linear, inevitable progress and conceptual frames that wall off modernity from what came before now seem more like ...

The estranged wife of Charles Spencer, 9th Earl Spencer was locked in a privacy battle with Professor Cat Jarman ...

Then, on Sept. 7, 1978, that chaos reached its tragic end in a London apartment — ironically, the same one where “Mama” Cass ...

From ancient cities buried beneath the sands to mummies revealing new secrets, 2021 brought a wave of remarkable archaeological discoveries. This roundup highlights the most groundbreaking finds—from ...

The documentary films and series that captured our attention this year feature famous people and ordinary people, as well as ...

The oldest evidence for human ancestors using fire, dating back to between 1 million and 1.5 million years ago, comes from a ...

During the Tokugawa era (A.D. 1603–1868), much of Japan was ruled by the country’s military governor, called the shogun, or his retainers. The rest was divided up into several hundred semiautonomous ...

Chinese historians have long assumed that under China’s earliest imperial rulers, the Qin (221–206 B.C.) and Han (206 B.C.–A.D. 220) Dynasties, farmers turned over a fixed amount of their crops to the ...

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Music fans have had a plethora of fantastic documentaries to choose from this century. Spanning all genres of music, here are 25 of the best. Listed in chronological order.