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 ...

Swords 1 to 6 have been identified as 19th century Dahomean swords and sword 7 is a European cutlass or couteau de chasse dated to the second half of the 18th century. Credit: Heritage (2025). DOI ...

(Arvind Yadav/HT Photo) The record room houses rare materials including official proceedings, administrative documents, and civic budgets from the late 19th century. Delhi assembly speaker ...

More than 400 German toys dating from the 19th Century have sold at auction for almost £200,000. The collection of toys made out of wood, papier-mâché or composition in the Sonneberg and ...

Some of the oldest landscape photographs of England have been acquired by Historic England, providing a glimpse into the country in the 19th century. More than 8,000 photos that depict English ...

Lundgren noted a striking similarity between the abstract geometric shapes in af Klint's work and scientific diagrams in 19th century physicist Thomas Young's Lectures (1807). So began a four-year ...

The androids’ hardware and software can generate comedy or tragedy. But either way, these 19th-century automatons on 21st-century stages reaffirm that the uncanny valley stretches centuries into ...

That’s the trick Donald Trump is trying to repeat this year. If we look beyond Grover Cleveland to politics in the second half of the 19th century, are there any insights from that era that might help ...

A 19th-century shipwreck packed with crates of unopened champagne has been found in the depths of the Baltic Sea. The long-forgotten vessel was brimming with bubbly, according to the team of ...

This image provided by Heritage Auctions, shows 21-star U.S. flag. Illinois state investigators are scrutinizing the purchase by the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum of this 21-star ...

The Cynophere, a dog-powered velocipede, was invented by the French mechanic Narcisse Huret and patented on December 14, 1875. Illustration: Universal History Archive/Universal Images Group (Getty ...