Marina Wang

Empress Matilda fought her cousin for the English throne in a succession crisis that tore the kingdom apart.

The ancient game of cuju included acrobatic feats, imperial patrons and a surprisingly gruesome origin story.

Hidden beneath a Florentine church, the chamber might have been Michelangelo’s refuge from a death sentence. What was left behind?

As katanas fell out of use, blacksmiths turned to the culinary industry.

Humans around the world have been shaping heads for millennia.

The shape-shifting 'water monster' was a powerful symbol in Aztec mythology.

The romantic smooch is old but not universal.