Whether it's people, places or events which fuel "the news," the fabric of our lives is impacted by world events. This collection features stories from ancient to modern times.
Caravaggio painted this work, entitled "The Denial of St.
Diego Rodriguez de Silva y Velzquez (1599-1660) created this oil-on-canvas portrait of Philip IV between 1652-53.
In the 11th century, doctors made house calls. At the time, the purpose of medicine, as described by Avicenna in his "Canon of Medicine," was the "pre...
Together with his assistants, Pieter van Musschenbroek invents the Leyden Jar which allows scientists to store electricity.
Mattia Preti (1613-1699) - also referred to as Il Cavalier Calabrese - created this painting in 1663.
This painting, by Dr. Mike Haywood, recreates the moment of the Pilgrim's first landing in America. This is not the landing at Plymouth (Plimoth) whi...
William Brewster, one of the Pilgrim leaders, has previously visited Leiden (in The Netherlands) when he meets with the town secretary, Jan van Hout. ...
At the really old Michelham Priory, which people say is haunted by ghosts, we also find an old pillory.
Determined that Marie Antoinette would be condemned to death, French-Revolution leaders put her through a trial on October 14, 1793.
The painting depicted in this image - another one attributed to Caravaggio and also entitled The Crowning with Thorns - is an oil-on-canvas which meas...
Vasily Ivanovich Chuikov, Commander of the USSRs 62nd Army, was at Stalingrad during one of the worlds most-deadly battles.
The rediscovery of Pompeii initially happens by chance - in 1599 - when Domenico Fontana (an architect) is called in to investigate why workers diggin...
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