In 1827, Joseph Nicéphore de Niépce produced photographs using bitumen, and in January 1839 ... In 1844, he published The Pencil of Nature, the first book illustrated and published with photographs, ...

Only 100 pages from a single copy of the ancient manuscript are thought to survive, held in collections around the world.

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The sticky tar helped Neanderthals produce glue to make weapons and tools. The so-called factory — a carefully designed ...

books and manuscripts, tells ARTnews’ Karen K. Ho. “This is really one-of-a-kind,” she adds. “It’s one of the most important historic artifacts that I’ve ever handled.” Sotheby's ...

While it’s easy to write off a book of mostly tour photography exclusively sold at Target as “just another piece of merch,” the reality is, it could have major implications for the book ...

Around 150 years ago, a young archaeologist, Anders Lorange, uncovered a giant Viking ship. He left a note in the mound for ...

For his latest book, the French writer Emmanuel Carrère sat in a Parisian courthouse, absorbing grueling testimony about the 2015 massacre at the concert hall and other venues in the city.

The Blue Quran, which dates back to 800–900 CE, originally comprised of 600 pages. Today, only about 100 are known to survive.

Scientists have discovered amber in a sediment core recovered thousands of feet below the surface of the Antarctic, a baffling finding that could indicate the existence of an ancient temperate ...

Loren Long has illustrated books by Barack Obama, Madonna and Amanda Gorman. His No. 1 best seller, “The Yellow Bus,” took him in a different direction — one that required time, patience and ...

Roger Lewis explores the historical injustices done to women throughout the Ancient history in Joan Smith's new book. This week, Prue Leith answers our questions, what's she reading now ...