Rise and Fall (BBC Two) is that it has nothing to do with Sir Kenneth Clark’s 1969 series Civilisation, despite the BBC ...
In four episodes, the BBC’s Civilisations series tells the story of the fall of the Romans, Aztecs, Egypt’s Ptolemies and ...
On October 10, 732 AD, the Frankish leader Charles, nicknamed Martell (the Hammer), defeated the Muslim army near the French cities of Tours and Poitiers, thereby halting the invasion of Arab Muslims ...
A series of about 5,200 holes stretching nearly a mile (1.5 kilometers) across the Pisco Valley in the southern Peruvian ...
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How Spain Could Have Saved Its Empire

Across the rise and fall of global powers, few stories carry the weight and complexity of the Spanish Empire at its height.
The Chilean children's TV program, which recently performed on NPR's 'Tiny Desk,' has its sights on the global market with ...
BOGOTA, Colombia -- A cannon, three coins and a porcelain cup were among the first objects Colombian scientists recovered ...
Jose Luis Cubo watched as forensic scientists dug up the body of a man his grandfather had helped to bury at the start of the ...
In a new book, Paul Gillingham tells the story of a nation that has thrived because of its diversity, not in spite of it.
Today, La Sal Del Rey and its two sister lakes, which are called La Sal Vieja, or “the old salt,” are no longer privately owned. Instead, they are protected and managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife ...
Last fall, the Middlebury College men’s soccer team had the luxury of four NCAA Tournament home playoff games as part of a ...
Ahead of the PBS production's premiere, the legendary filmmaker and co-director Sarah Botstein share insights on their ...