Located near Auxerre, the grand estate once possessed an exorbitant level of wealth, with thermal baths and heated floors ...

The New York Public Library’s Schomburg Center celebrates its beginnings, at a moment when Black history is under attack.

The island of Gorée lies off the coast of Senegal, opposite Dakar. From the 15th to the 19th century, it was the largest slave-trading centre on the African coast. Ruled in succession by the ...

The grand residence is “the most eloquent testimony to the prestige and wealth of the Greek community of Livorno.” Credit: ...

The Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam has just begun an exhibit focusing on 19th-century sexuality and prostitution, a subject they say is underrepresented in their collection. A centerpiece of the exhibit is ...

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 ...

When the Lady Elgin sank on Lake Michigan in 1860, British journalist and politician Herbert Ingram was lost to the deep, but 165 years later his pocket watch has returned home. The steamship ...

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 ...

Graduates turn their tassels during Century High School’s Class of 2025 Graduation Ceremony on Saturday, May 31, 2025, at the Mayo Civic Center in Rochester.

Despite being given two reprieves, Rohit capitalized, anchoring the innings with a fluent half-century, reminding everyone of his legendary status.

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