Commoners tended to drink beer, made from grain that grew everywhere. In A History of the World in Six Glasses, the British author Tom Standage points to ancient Greece, where vinifera vines grew ...

Syme then used these as his starting point for the color names, descriptions and actual color charts in Werner’s Nomenclature ...

This site uses objects to tell a history of the world. You’ll find 100 objects from the British Museum and hundreds more from museums and people across the UK.

Here is a closer look at the NHL's Original Six: Montreal Canadiens The Canadiens, founded in 1909, are the oldest team in the NHL. They have won 23 Stanley Cup titles, the most in league history.

The year the L.A. Times Festival of Books debuted was also a landmark year in American letters, shaping literary culture in ...

An advert for Bayer's Aspirin from the early 20th century Bayer had the aspirin trademark and its US assets seized during World War One, whilst “American” Merck (now Merck & Co. in the US or ...

Several teachers gathered at Stabin Museum in Jim Thorpe earlier this month to take part in a workshop that pairs art with ...

Of the Original Six, the four based in the United States ... earn a playoff spot in the same year for the first time in NHL history. New York and Boston were expected to be playoff teams, while ...

With 2,600 staff representing 100 different nationalities, AFP covers the world in six languages, with a unique quality of multimedia storytelling spanning video, text, photos and graphics.

With 2,600 staff representing 100 different nationalities, AFP covers the world in six languages, with a unique quality of multimedia storytelling spanning video, text, photos and graphics.