History unfolds as an interdisciplinary research team uses computational tools to examine the contents of “locked” letters.

System developed at MIT CSAIL aims to help linguists decipher languages that have been lost to history.

In a new book, Professor David Kaiser describes dramatic shifts in the history of an evolving discipline.

Spanish conquerors depended on indigenous expertise to keep up their munitions supplies, archaeologists have found.

Evidence links Dutch-era sugar production and greater economic activity today.

Proposed bridge would have been the world’s longest at the time; new analysis shows it would have worked.

Daron Acemoglu’s new book examines the battle between state and society, which occasionally produces liberal-democratic freedom.

Study of Dead Sea Scroll sheds light on a lost ancient parchment-making technology.

In new book, MIT’s Timothy Hyde looks at the architectural controversies that have helped shape Britain.

A scholar’s book uncovers new material about the effects of the infamous nuclear meltdown.