History in Pictures

The discovery of the elephant carcasses comes just a few months after the country’s strict anti-poaching policy was changed. Botswana is facing a new poaching […]

In her life, Grace Kelly was seen as a femme fatale, the epitome of “sexual elegance,” and a fairytale princess. After captivating Hollywood, she captured […]

In the midst of a messy divorce, Charles Dickens tried to have his wife Catherine Dickens committed to an asylum so he could move in […]

On August 11, 2014, Robin Williams died by suicide in Paradise Cay, California. An autopsy later showed that he had Lewy body dementia — a […]

Vintage photos of the 1960s in N.J. A decade to remember 2 / 25 Star-Ledger archive photo The Newark Community Union Project conducted a Police […]

When construction on the World Trade Center began in 1966, it was one of the most ambitious projects in size and scale ever conceived. Learn […]

In the first episode of The Handmaid’s Tale, a group of young women are told, “this will become ordinary.”  The Handmaid’s Tale is a dystopian television series […]

The Sphinx water erosion hypothesis is a fringe claim, contending that the Great Sphinx of Giza and its enclosing walls show erosion consistent with precipitation. Its proponents believe this dates […]

Today workers take for granted that a standard work week has 40 hours, spread over five days. There are variations of that formula, of course, […]

There’s nothing like a quick hot meal from your favorite fast food joint to hit the spot when you’re hungry. Several chains in the US have been […]