In a story that could rival the excitement of the 19th-century California Gold Rush itself, a Northern California couple in their 40s stumbled upon a treasure trove worth $10 million in rare, mint-condition gold coins last spring. This astonishing discovery …

Courtesy American Swedish Institute Minnesota has the largest Scandinavian American population in the U.S., according to the Census Bureau. But if not for the American Swedish Institute, in south Minneapolis, the Twin Cities’ handle on Nordic culture …

The story of Polyxena, the beautiful daughter of the Trojan king Priam. Polyxena is the beautiful daughter of the Trojan king Priam. The sister of Hector, the brave son of Anatolia, and of Paris, who could not protect her vain… Polyxena means the end …

In 4000 BC, after the agricultural revolution spread from the northern edge of the Fertile Crescent, Stone Age farmers began farming, forming humanity’s first civilization. Sumer was an ancient civilization and also a historical region in southern Mesopotamia, …

Wherever there is an out-of-the-way war, there will be mercenaries — hired fighters whose only common bond may be a hunger for adventure. Some join foreign armies or rebel forces because they believe in the cause; others sign on because the price is right. …