Recent Stories in World History

Mosque of Sankore in Timbuktu
World History

West African Unrest Threatens Timbuktu

news photos about sinking of Titanic
World History

On 100th Anniversary, New Theory May Explain Titanic Disaster

Neanderthal cave painting
World History

World’s Oldest Work of Art May Require Overhaul of Neanderthal Image

Norwegian South Pole explorers
World History

A Century at the South Pole

flag-waving Russian protesters
World History

Demonstrations Erupt in Russian Cities

Mongol navy ships
World History

Kublai Khan’s Doomed Navy Found?

depiction of Black Death
World History

Scientists Sequence Black Death DNA

Face of Copernicus
World History

Facial Reconstruction Helps Us “See” Dead People

people in front of Berlin Wall
World History

The Berlin Wall Remembered

drawing of ancient Egyptian ship
World History

When Egypt Went to Sea

Osama bin Laden on Time Magazine
World History

Osama bin Laden Killed in U.S. Military Operation

Map of United States and Canada
World History

Peopling of the Americas Jumps Back in Time

Amazon rain forest
World History

Ancient Amazonian Culture Discovered?

Muslim prayer
World History

U.S. Diplomacy and the Sunni-Shia Divide

Dead Sea Scrolls
World History

Digitizing the Dead Sea Scrolls

Diver in cave
World History

10,000-Year-Old Skeleton Found in Undersea Caribbean Cave

Castle
World History

Wonders of Old Europe

Jet plane
World History

U.S. – Russia Spy Exchange Echoes the Cold War