While historians have long debated the holiday's origin story, evidence shows it predates the existence of commercial greeting cards by centuries.

Join us as we journey through the history of timekeeping, from ancient civilizations to the Julian calendar introduced by Julius Caesar and how the inaccuracies in the led to Pope Gregory to an ...

Google removed the first day of Black History Month, Pride Month and other public holidays and national observances from its ...

They did invent underfloor heating, concrete and the calendar that our modern calendar is based on. Concrete played an important part in Roman building, helping them construct structures like ...

Valentine's cards and gifts have their roots in English traditions — but Americans have long embraced them for romantic ...

Feb. 14th is all about romance and love! Whether you're celebrating it with a partner, friends, or family, here's what you should know about its history.

English Aristocrat Sir Philip Sidney wrote an essay titled “In Defense of Poesy.” In this text, he defends the value of ...

It's time to rewrite the history textbooks ... which was the first of our ancestors to look more like modern humans. But the new analysis, which involved taking digital 3D scans of the skeletal ...

A service was done at the church and social gatherings, akin to the modern balls, receptions and luncheons of today, followed. Inauguration Day took place on March 4 or 5 (if the 4th fell on a ...

Well, as always, the answer lies in history, and in this case, it is an exceedingly important historical study because it underlies the entire “zeitgeist” of much of modern world thought ...

Well, Christmas has come and gone. All in all, and only speaking for myself, it wasn’t a bad holiday. The celebrations were festive, people seemed to be in a cheerful mood, and the museum ...

Time has witnessed history and ... The modern world, shaped by unpredictable forces, makes certainty increasingly elusive. Even catastrophes seem intertwined with our idle moments.