Whether it's people, places or events which fuel "the news," the fabric of our lives is impacted by world events. This collection features stories from ancient to modern times.
On the Pacific Island of Yap, people used stone money for hundreds of years to purchase rights and grow their wealth. It's an interesting story.
This image depicts the Stone of Scone, an important object in Scottish history. It was taken from Scotland by an English King to be used in England.
Georgi Zelma (1906-1984) was born in the town of Tashkent in Uzbekistan (which, for a time, was one of the fifteen Republics of the Soviet Union).
Peter the Great decided to build a summer palace near the Gulf of Finland (part of the Baltic Sea). It is a sensational place.
The Roman Republic lasted for about 500 years. In a nutshell, what do we know about its form of government?
Vittorio Sella photographed some of the world's most majestic mountain peaks.
Particle accelerators help scientists to investigate the infinitely large by examining the infinitely small.
A superconducting phenomenon occurs inside the Large Hadron Collider. Electrons gather in pairs (instead of their natural tendency to repel each othe...
One of the oldest cities in the world, Susa likely had residents by at least 5000 BC. Today it is known as Shush and is located in Iran.
When swarming locusts descend on a place - and start to eat/destroy crops, plants or leaves with rapacious speed - human beings are often left with li...
Wearing their distinctive uniforms, members of the Pontifical Swiss Guard leave the interior of St. Peter's Basilica, following an event in 2006.
Although Etruscans lived in Italy, for many years, people in today's world know very little about them.
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