In the second half of the 19th Century, photography became one of the British Empire’s most persuasive instruments for knowing – and classifying – India. A new exhibition – called Typecasting: ...

Egypt offers an unforgettable blend of ancient grandeur and modern life, but navigating it requires awareness. Practical ...

BOULDER, CO, UNITED STATES, February 20, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ — Two days of online-only auctions scheduled for February 26 and 27 will mark the first of many anticipated collaborative efforts ...

Heron of Alexandria is said to have invented the first vending machine in the 1st century AD. So, how did this contraption work, and what did it dispense?

Step into Jerusalem Cinematheque and watch the 2025 British historical fiction film Hamnet. Directed by Chloe Zhao, the movie depicts a strong and bright woman (Jessie Buckley) who marries a man who ...

Another Frenchman, Pierrre Duchamp from Lyon started making umbrellas with quilled steel ribs as we’d recognise them today, around 1848, whilst in England, Thomas Fox opened a shop in Fore Street in ...

Go to the grocery store, and you'll find hundreds of different condiments. Of course, this hasn't always been the case, but ...

The big boat slid downriver so gently you could barely feel its motion. On sultry afternoons you could lounge on the top deck and watch the farmers at work in the fertile lands beside the water, much ...

The Neubauer Collegium for Culture and Society has announced 10 new research collaborations for 2026–2027. The projects range broadly in scope and methodology, though all adopt a multi-disciplinary, ...

An Egyptian papyrus from the 13th century BC describes giant warriors and reopens a global historical and biblical debate.

In the medieval period, when Arabic chroniclers recorded eclipses, they usually noted concurrent deaths of rulers. And in Europe, a solar eclipse in 1133 was so closely associated with the 1135 death ...