Photographer Berenice Abbott (1898-1991) proposed Changing New York, her grand project to document New York City, to the Federal Art Project (FAP) in 1935. The FAP was a Depression-era government program for unemployed artists and workers in related fields such as advertising, graphic design, illustration, photofinishing, and publishing.

Archaeologists in Rihab, Jordan, say they have discovered a cave that could be the world's oldest Christian church.

"Something like this tablet, where we see a person mentioned in the Bible making an everyday payment to the temple in Babylon and quoting the exact date, is quite extraordinary."

The country's global adventurism in the 16th century linked continents and cultures as never before, as a new exhibition makes clear.

Marc Ecko buys Bonds' 756 ball and allows the public to decide it's fate.

A good place to start if you want to dig through the 150+ years worth of content now freely available on the NY Times site.

An interactive timeline of the history of Britain, really nice flash work.