It’s a far cry from the violent historical image of Japan’s warrior class, as projected in the Hagakure, the 17th-century samurai Yamamoto Tsunetomo’s classic guide to martial conduct. But in recent ...
Half of Japan’s samurai were women, groundbreaking new exhibition at British Museum says - ‘Samurai’ explores over a thousand years of Japanese history related to the elite warrior class ...
This week’s top things to do include a Joss Stone concert, half-off museum admission and an event with Scripps Polar Center.
The figure, which was probably one part of a pair, was likely meant to symbolize the strength and power of the Roman Empire. The panther probably represented Bacchus, the Roman name for the Greek god ...
The Egyptians believed that hieroglyphs offered magical protection to people in this life and the afterlife, and inscribed the signs on monuments, statues, funerary objects, and papyri.
Hisyo Ishida is looking at me with undisguised disappointment. I cannot blame him. His movements are sharp where mine are clumsy. His hair is pulled into a neat topknot where mine is flapping in my ...
Happy February, DC! From Galentine’s DJ dance parties to Cupid’s Undie Run, and romantic R&B concerts with major artists like ...
A new exhibit highlighting Hawaiian history just opened to rave reviews at the British Museum in London. The Conversation's Catherine Cruz was there for its opening reception.
Local history buffs take pride in momentous years like 1805, when legendary explorers Lewis and Clark first passed by here on their way to the Pacific Ocean, and 1825, when Fort Vancouver was establis ...
In his “Island at the Edge of the World,” the British archaeologist Mike Pitts delves into the misconceptions and legends ...
Girl Scouts singing folk songs, a flag-waving party and a Times Square ball drop are among the planned Semiquincentennial ...
Help wanted - treasure hunter. That's the gist of what the British Museum is looking for in a new hire. The institution is still reeling from a heist discovered there more than two years ago. Hundreds ...