The Battle of Navarino on October 20, 1827 sits between two eras. As the first steam-powered ships took to the seas, two ...

The Benin Bronzes belong in Benin. Not in London. Not in Oxford. And certainly not in a country that built its wealth on ...

In a patriarchal world, women who refused to conform to traditional roles were viewed as transgressive and subversive ...

Sir: By the statute establishing the press as the Fourth Estate of Realm, the press has a joint role with the government to build a peaceful, virile and responsive citizenry. It is in the interest of ...

Historical records suggest a connection between the Shaktipeeth Alopi Devi temple in Prayagraj and the Scindia Maratha ...

However, the buildings of the Gallowgate Barracks had fallen into ruin by the mid-19th century. In 1869 the Government ...

The legacy of quality British craftsmanship is still seen in today’s guns ... backlash against mass production in the form of the Arts and Crafts movement. This 19th-century response to the perceived ...

This long-felt need to fortify the Corradino heights became even more pressing in the 19th century under the British ... accurate fire of rifled guns and the destructive power of explosive ...

One of the more subtle and somewhat chilling mysteries of Ronin did not actually pop up until years later, and it has to do ...

In October 1854, a large crowd in Worcester, Massachusetts took action against the presence of "slave catcher" Asa O. Butman ...