An important forerunner in expressionistic art, Edvard Munch's (1863-1944) lithographic version of "History" has been stolen from his native Norway.

Anne Frank lived a short 15 years but her story has become one of the world's most widely read books. A diary, which was given to Anne on her 13th birthday, chronicles her life from June 12, 1942 until 1 August 1944. This became the book "The Diary of a Young Girl", published in many languages. Now, the Anne Frank House museum in Amsterdam has begun airing the only known video of the teenage diarist.

Pulitzer Prize-winning author, radio host and activist Studs Terkel died in his Chicago, Illinois home today at the age of 96.

A new study uses a sophisticated genetic strategy to reveal new roads past an apparent dead end in the historical record of a distinctive civilization that dominated the Mediterranean Sea during the first millennium BC.

History always repeats itself,” say two about Russia’s near-total control of natural gas in the region.

Papers from the first Duke of Wellington's archive, which throw light on the character of the popular hero of the Battle of Waterloo and the changing times he lived in, are showcased in a fascinating new exhibition this month.

The connection between geology and the history of the Civil War has fascinated Robert Whisonant since his undergraduate days, and now Whisonant has teamed up with geomorphologist Judy Ehlen, both of Radford University, to take history, military history in particular, a step deeper -- into the geology beneath the soldiers' feet.

A fortified village that pre-dates European arrival in Western Canada and is the only one of its kind discovered on the Canadian plains is yielding intriguing evidence of an unknown First Nations group settling on the prairies and is rekindling new ties between the Siksika Nation (Blackfoot) and aboriginal groups in the United States.

Debut Slated for April 24 at 8 p.m.

The Hong Kong government faces new challenges to plans to preserve one of the territory's few remaining historical sites. Tthe challenges are part of a long dispute over the destruction of dozens of landmarks in recent years.