The story of Venice is a fascinating tale of ambition, commerce, politics, wars and empires. Join us as we chart the extraordinary rise of Venice - from a community of refugees hiding out in the ...
Photograph by Werner Forman, GTRES This story appears in the January/February 2017 issue of National Geographic History magazine. Mesopotamia—“the land between two rivers”—gave birth to ...
Our depictions of witches have gotten considerably more sophisticated in the century-plus since then. Witches were the central characters of feature films in the 1920s, but it wasn’t until the late ...
With over 140 extraordinary items, discover the rich and complex lives of women of medieval Europe, both famous and forgotten ... Explore some of the treasures of the British Library or discover more ...
Shibari, or kinbaku, is the art of Japanese rope tying. It falls under the ‘B’ in BDSM — bondage. Kinbaku actually means ‘tight binding’ and shibari means ‘tying’.
A special committee has until January 15 to finalize the design, location and funding for a monument that will be erected on the lawn of the South Carolina State House Sarah Kuta Step right up and ...