Mainstream media has grossly misrepresented the history of ninjas (shinobi) and the weapons that they used. While pop culture has built up many myths over generations, the actual shinobi were highly ...

After the atomic bombs were dropped in Japan in 1945, Japan developed one of the strongest diplomatic relationships with the ...

Italian American sculptor Bruno Lucchesi (1926 to 2026) was a classical master known for preserving Renaissance figurative ...

During the Golden Age of Piracy, from about 1650 to 1730, pirates roamed much of the world’s seas, stealing valuable cargo ...

In the 16th century, ruthless Cossack mercenaries spearheaded Imperial Russia's bloody conquest of Siberia, driven by the ...

Challenging the popular belief about where the words “crap” and “crapper” come from, reality holds a few surprises!

The Taiping Rebellion resulted in an estimated 30 to 70 million deaths, surpassing the death toll of WWI of roughly 15 to 20 ...

Debunking the myths about Japan’s shadow warriors is easy, but changing the century-old stereotype certainly isn’t.

Many of the world’s greatest writers left a part of themselves wherever they lived and worked, from the foggy streets of London to the sunbathed hills of Tuscany. The thought of visiting a writer’s ...

The Old English epic poem Beowulf is a classic story of darkness and light. Sinister, inhuman forces are portrayed as locked in battle with the forces of humanity and virtue. Yet, the monsters are ...

The Greek afterlife wasn’t simply a shadowy realm of nothingness. Over time, from Homer to Hesiod, Plato, and Virgil, through stories and poetry, it developed features of its own, with forests, ...

Bram Stoker’s Dracula has had such an influence on literary and popular culture that it has gained mythic status. However, its origins are rooted in methodical research, local history and a drive to ...