David Baron's "The Martians" plumbs the depths of America's fascination with Mars at the turn of the 20th century.

In the midst of rebellion, Prince Salim’s portrait of Humayun became a powerful tool in crafting his own legacy, distinct ...

As this clay tablet reveals, every form of writing, literature, history, mathematics, commerce, astronomy was invented to fight forgetfulness. Umberto Eco, in one of his essays (The Future of Literacy ...