The sudden emergence of witch trials in early modern Europe may have been fueled by one of humanity’s most significant ...

And because of where the disk was found, it has been dated to between 1800 and 1600 B.C. This 15th-century B.C. detail is from a limestone Minoan sarcophagus found in 1903 at the Hagia Triada ...

African slavery was more akin to European serfdom --the condition of most Europeans in the 15th century. In the Ashanti Kingdom of West Africa, for example, slaves could marry, own property and ...

Theories have ranged from the 15th-century explorer being a Spanish Jew or a Greek, to Basque, Portuguese or British.

In the 7th century Christianity retreated under the advance of Islam. But it remained the chosen religion of the Ethiopian Empire and persisted in pockets in North Africa. In the 15th century ...

A small bowl bought for just $35 (£25) at a market sale in the US state of Connecticut has turned out to be a rare 15th-Century Chinese artefact. The white porcelain bowl was spotted by an ...

Congress spent the days between Grant's election and his inauguration drafting this new amendment, which would be the 15th added to the Constitution. The writers of the Fifteenth Amendment ...

American Century Select, Ultra, and Focused Dynamic Growth's co-lead manager Michael Li has announced his intention to retire from the firm early next year. He will relinquish his management ...

By Hannah Dailey With the first quarter of the 21st century coming to a close, Billboard is spending the next few months counting down our staff picks for the 25 greatest pop stars of the last 25 ...

After a dazzling '00s peak gave way to a slightly muddier '10s, Usher has reconfirmed his legacy this decade as one of the century's true pop and R&B greats. By Gail Mitchell With the first ...