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 ...

Some 70 art galleries from the UK and around the world are exhibiting at the 12th annual Art London, which opens in the special marquee ...

A 19th Century heritage padlock ... and therefore steal, than modern machinery. Located just a few miles from Rugby, Stanford Hall sits in the former heart of British innovation, and it’s ...

The 19th-century pope refused to endorse either the capitalists' wait-and-see promise of progress or the communists' longing for a dictatorship of the proletariat. Instead, he offered a vision ...

When Robert Francis Prevost chose the papal name Leo XIV, it could have meant many things. There were 13 Leos before him: The first, Leo the Great, was a fifth-century theologian who helped heal ...

At some point in the mid-19th century over one hundred academies — precursors to today’s pubic and private high schools — from Hudson in Columbia County, to Flatbush in Brooklyn, as well as ...

Skeletal remains found on New Jersey beaches decades ago have been identified as those of a 19th-century schooner captain, thanks to the investigative efforts of college students. The ship ...

At some point in the mid-19th century, more than 100 academies — precursors to today’s pubic and private high schools — from Hudson in Columbia County, to Flatbush in Brooklyn, as well as Utica, ...

But valuable lessons lie in a more distant chapter: the rise and eventual breakdown of the Concert of Europe. This early 19th-century security system, devised after the Napoleonic Wars, preserved ...

"Using modern genealogy testing to identify bone fragments from the 19th century is a powerful reminder of our unwavering commitment to resolving cases no matter how old," Patrick Callahan ...

There weren't any laws against abortion in the U.S. until the 19th century—and as those laws grew more restrictive, many women sought abortions in secret. Surgeon George T. Strother, shown at ...