Yōkai are supernatural beings like kappas, demons, and even haunted household objects that have appeared in Japanese art and folklore for centuries. It’s difficult to define yōkai in simple terms.
Around 104 C.E., Pliny the Younger sat down to write a letter. “Though my shocked soul recoils, my tongue shall tell,” he told the Roman historian Cornelius Tacitus. Then, Pliny began to describe what ...
At a remote temple in Cambodia’s Angkor Wat Archaeological Park, researchers have discovered a large sandstone guardian statue buried just under the dirt. The statue, known as a dvarapala, was still ...
Genevieve Carlton earned a Ph.D in history from Northwestern University with a focus on early modern Europe and the history of science and medicine before becoming a history professor at the ...
Randy Weaver became a household name in 1992 after federal agents swarmed his remote cabin in Ruby Ridge, Idaho. Weaver, alongside his family, believed that the apocalypse was near, that the U.S.
Jessie Misskelley Jr., Jason Baldwin, and Damien Echols were convicted of killing three boys in a cult-like ritual in May 1993 — but then they were later released in 2011. In May 1993, three young ...