In the winter of 1812, Napoleon’s Grande Armée met its most devastating enemy—not the Russian army, but biology itself. As ...
Long before there were maps or names for continents, a handful of people stood at the edge of the world. Picture them on a ...
In 1812 Napoleon Bonaparte invaded Russia with one of the largest armies in history—the “Grande Armée” of about half a ...
In 1812, hundreds of thousands of men in Napoleon's army perished during their retreat from Russia. Researchers now believe a ...
In 1940, Drosmieshchora, a secluded Russian village in Meshchera, witnessed an extraordinary event. A significant shower of 16th-century antique coins, amidst a gentle downpour, descended, astonishing ...
BEIRUT (AP) - Russia has built a military encampment inside a zone that holds the UNESCO world heritage site in the ancient Syrian town of Palmyra, where Islamic State militants were driven out ...
Russian scientists on Monday showed off a prehistoric puppy, believed to be 18,000 years old, found in permafrost in the country’s Far East.Discovered last year in a lump of frozen mud near the city ...
Inside a restored house in central Tehran, toys from every era, from ancient Persia to Soviet Russia and the United States, share the same space, stirring childhood memories from long ago.