In an unlikely turn of events, legendary dancer Josephine Baker became a spy for the French Resistance during World War II.

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Pauline Boty, a British Pop artist, was blond, beautiful, and talented, just like Marilyn Monroe, whom she often portrayed in ...

The warrior monk Benkei went from a rebellious youth to the ideal of a loyal retainer through sword-theft, battlefield ...

For years, the Soviet Union led the way in exploring our solar system, achieving many successes before the Americans. Here ...

Under British orders, South Africa launched a daring attack on the German colony of South West Africa. The fighting had a ...

Spiritual alchemy is an ancient practice aimed at achieving spiritual, rather than material, transformation. On the other hand, the occult science of physical alchemy deals with chemistry, and ...

Arnolfini Portrait by Jan van Eyck with a detail view of the convex mirror, 1434, via The National Gallery, London The name Arnolfini became attached to this painting from the records of its previous ...

Panamanian Geisha coffee costs over $13,000 a pound because rarity, terroir, and fierce auctions converge in one luxury crop.

Horus Falcon with Crown of Upper and Lower Egypt and Uraeus, Egyptian, c. 7th-6th centuries BCE. Source: Harvard Art Museums When Hatshepsut came to the throne in the 15th century BCE, she was the ...

Alaska may have only been a constituent of the US since 1867, but the native Tlingit people have called it home for 10,000 ...

Exiled Surrealists found freedom in Mexico, creating visionary art, social circles, and rivalries that changed modern art ...