In 1221 on the plains of current-day Turkmenistan lay the city of Merv. The town faced a Mongol besiegement under one of ...

Long before he became Dracula, he was Vlad, Son of the Dragon. Born into a kingdom caught between the Ottoman Empire and Hungary, Vlad grew up in a world of shifting loyalties, religious wars, and ...

Upstate History Documentaries is available to stream on pbs.org and the free PBS App, available on iPhone, Apple TV, Android TV, Android smartphones, Amazon Fire TV, Amazon Fire Tablet, Roku, Samsung ...

The Corinthian helmet, circa 650-600 B.C., has a rounded top with small openings for the eyes and a distinctive nose-piece. Historian Herodotus mentions the helmet as a defining equipment of the ...

From medieval warlord to feminist icon, the vampire has survived every age by reinventing itself — feeding on our fears, our ...