Her family was poor – and somewhat tragic ... Anning’s research was intimately tied to how she made a living. To the Victorian mind, such reliance was rather distasteful and sullied the ...

is a gift-giving holiday that originated in Britain during the Victorian era, according to Britannica. During the reign of Queen Victoria, servants, tradespeople, and the poor typically were given ...

The think tank warns that the UK risks “sliding back into the two nations of the Victorian era, marked by a widening ... for these individuals and of poor quality, said Worringer.

If you were a female in the Victorian era, jewelry and fancy gifts were unacceptable ... created to ward off smells from stinky people and poor sanitary conditions. The allure of this aromatic ...

Jet, a flat-black, opaque gemstone derived from wood that has experienced extreme compression over millions of years, was the haute stone throughout the Victorian era, a time when fashion and ...

LEILA FADEL, HOST: The Poison Book Project is working to identify old books that contain toxic pigments like arsenic, which made Victorian-era books in the 1800s more eye-catching. Melissa Tedone ...