From Caesar to Napoleon, the Pyramids to the Parthenon, the Trojan War to the Civil War—National Geographic History draws readers in with more than 5,000 years of people, places, and things to ...

This story appears in the November/December 2016 issue of National Geographic History magazine. Photograph by AKG/Album It’s inescapable: Every holiday season, merry music dominates the airwaves.

This story appears in the November/December 2016 issue of National Geographic History magazine. “Death to the living, Long life to the killers, Success to sailors’ wives, And greasy luck to ...

This story appears in the November/December 2016 issue of National Geographic History magazine. Discovered against the turbulent backdrop of the Cold War, the Tillya Tepe treasure is a glittering ...

This story appears in the January/February 2017 issue of National Geographic History magazine. Everybody may know the name “Attila the Hun,” but nobody knows where he’s buried. Finding him ...

This story appears in the January/February 2017 issue of National Geographic History magazine. This Bible is believed to have been held by Nat Turner when he was captured. Photograph by Collection ...

This story appears in the January/February 2017 issue of National Geographic History magazine. Where do babies come from? The Aztecs’ answer to the classic child’s question was that they came ...

This story appears in the March/April 2017 issue of National Geographic History magazine. During the 1700s, a European Grand Tour was a rite of passage for the sons of wealthy families.

This story appears in the January/February 2017 issue of National Geographic History magazine. Depicted on a tetradrachm, the Olympian Dionysus was the god of wine, an important part of the ...

This story appears in the March/April 2017 issue of National Geographic History magazine. Throughout history, small states have come out of nowhere, and rapidly become great powers. This was the ...

This story appears in the March 2017 issue of National Geographic magazine. Between 1852 and 1887 the U.S. patent office issued over 100 patents for clothespins. These tools for attaching laundry ...