The National Army Museum in London has recently identified the likely subject of a portrait of a black soldier in its ...

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Simchat Torah itself became a scar. The holiday, whose name means “Rejoicing with the Torah,” marks the Torah reading’s annual completion and restart — a cycle of renewal, celebrated with exuberant ...

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The Napoleonic wars were fought on a bigger scale than any conflict that had gone before. Though concentrated in Europe, their impact was global. They ...

On the eve of Republic Day, President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev signed a decree awarding a number of citizens with state honors.

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Although silent cinema peaked over a century ago, films like The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari and Metropolis endure as timeless ...

In the 17th century, the Caucasus and Don region were lawless territories. One of the most well-known figures of those regions around this time must be Stenka Razin. Terrorising the Caucasus, Don ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Critic’s Notebook The avant-garde works that emerged from World War II continue to influence how audiences view contemporary music decades later. Credit...Jan Robert Dünnweller ...

Paleoanthropologist Tattersall (Masters of the Planet), now retired from the American Museum of Natural History, attempts to accomplish two related goals in this relatively brief book: summarizing the ...

This house music, it's gonna set you free. In 2025 house music is such a globally popular and varied genre that its origins in early 1980s Chicago warehouses seem improbable. But the myth of house ...