culture
The author of Frankenstein had an obsession with the cemetery and saw love and death as connected.
Explore how belief shapes destiny, from Oedipus Rex to modern geopolitics.
In Kannauj, perfumers have been making monsoon-infused mitti attar for centuries.
The use of the letter x as an unknown is a relatively modern convention.
The arsons were no accident, archaeological evidence suggests.
Only Caesar lived to tell the tale.
You could send your potential paramour a perfume bottle, a cigar cutter, travel plans — or maybe some cocaine.
Uncovering the ideology of “Karens” and “Kens.”
Voyage into the lawless world of experimental literature.
What better explains the prevalence of heavy metal in Scandinavian countries: culture or economy?
Those white, marble statues you see in museums all over the world were originally painted with bright colors.
The richness and variety of America’s food landscape, in a buffet of maps.
Mounted on horses and armed with unique, powerful bows, the archers of Genghis Khan inspired terror wherever they rode.
Your whole body is part of the instrument.
The carnival spirit was in full swing when the priests got wasted and made indecent gestures while dressed like pimps.
Aiming to unlock the secrets of his unconscious mind, Jung experimented with intensive daydreaming.
Ignoring the legacy of William Shakespeare is difficult for any writer, let alone one as quintessentially English as “Lord of the Rings” author J.R.R. Tolkien.
Research suggests there’s truth to regional stereotypes in the U.S. — with some caveats.
Get ready for the most peculiar road trip that will help you understand the vastness and emptiness of the solar system — and Sweden.
When done right, dark humor can help us face inconvenient truths and question stifling social conventions.
A 2020 study revived a longstanding controversy over Christopher Columbus’ claims of marauding cannibals in the Caribbean.
Over the past two decades, the proportion of those who identify as bisexual increased from 1.2% to 4.5%.
Since 2012, the amount of time that teenagers spend socializing in person has plummeted. Is it a coincidence that depression is more common?
They had the technology. So why didn’t they use it?
Due to export controls from China, the Europeans had to invent their own forms of porcelain. One type involves dead cows.
It is generally ineffective, occasionally poisonous, and driving numerous species to the brink of extinction.
Is the vast “Khan Khentii Strictly Protected Area” the final resting place of Genghis Khan?
Take a closer look before judging a book by its title.
