When Edward Said published his book Orientalism in 1978, his insights shattered previous notions of East-West relations and ...

The wreck captures a tragic moment in maritime history during the 19th century Australian gold rushes. The 800-ton sailing ship was beginning its journey back to the Netherlands in June 1857 when ...

Municipal elections were far different in the Spanish colonial period. In 1985, the late Glenn Anthony May, a historian of the Philippines, teased the civic ritual from 19th-century archival documents ...

They are also reportedly reviewing 19th-century insurance requirements for ships, which could provide clues about the vessel’s identity and when it sank. Those documents outline specifications ...

Archaeologists are confident they have found the wreckage of an 800-ton Dutch merchant ship that sunk off the coast of Australia 168 years ago. The Koning Willem de Tweede was lost near Robe ...

“We haven’t seen the federal government weaponized against civil rights in this way” since the turn of the century, Hannah-Jones says. “We’ve not lived in this America before. And we are ...

There’s the old New York — and then there’s the really old New York. A Civil War-era Upper East Side mansion is back on the market for $13.5 million. That’s a dramatic drop from the ...

Cork appears to be the only city in Europe giving serious consideration to housing its 21st-century library in a brewery extension built not long after the end of the 19th century. Having been in ...

Aaron Taylor-Johnson has seemingly found his doppelganger - a French doctor who lived in the 19th century. The Anna Karenina actor, 34, and his wife Sam, 58, made the startling discovery ...

Love a challenge? Name the two homes credited with being built by a U.S. president. We’ll spare you the struggle. Along with Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello, there’s the stately Tudor Revival ...

He pointed out that the House and the Senate, in the 19th Congress, have passed laws that have been signed into law to strengthen the country’s job generation. The Speaker cited Republic Act No ...

Period charm of the 1840s property perfectly framed by the creative vision of Jane Willoughby and her husband John Jane Willoughby in her Castlecomer home. Photo: Bryan Meade The exterior of the ...