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(CNN) — A rare 19th-century condom decorated with an erotic etching featuring a nun and three clergymen is going on display at a museum in the Netherlands. Believed to be made from a sheep’s ...
offers views of 21st century Milwaukee captured with 19th century technology. You just may do a double-take when you see the nearly two dozen photographs on view at MOWA at the Lake, 1840 N.
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 ...
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 ...
Donald Trump returned to the White House earlier this week. A pair of obscure novels written in the late 19th century had predicted Donald Trump's return to the White House for his second ...
Christie’s is kicking off the new year with news of an exciting discovery for collectors of American art and folk art. At its upcoming sale in New York on January 24, the auction house is ...
“This piece is really unique in that it is very rare to find 19th Century art that beautifully portrays Black people. The peacefulness of the scene is also unusual. This man is calmly fishing by ...
Yet the prospect of continuing dominance in this 21st-century technology hinges on harnessing a 19th-century one: electricity. That’s where America has a long way to go. The development of ...
For several months in 1898, a pair of male lions turned the Tsavo region of Kenya into their own human hunting grounds, killing many construction workers who were building the Kenya-Uganda railway.
The scroll of the 19th century bass was adjusted multiple times to get the correct orientation for the CT scan. The goal of imaging older double basses is to find out how to best preserve and ...
The scroll of the 19th century bass was adjusted multiple times to get the correct orientation for the CT scan. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY) The goal of imaging older double basses is to find out how to ...
A rare and impeccably restored 19th century-villa in the Czech Republic is available for sale outside Děčín, after its owner spent 15 years and £12 million (US$15.03 million) to revive the ...