Parliament’s Stamp Act tax of the mid-1760s ignited the Anglo-American conflict. Yet, as historians broadly agree, it was ...

A team of students from Syracuse University recently uncovered a treasure trove of 18th-century artifacts at the Crown Point ...

Unlike other famous courtesans of Hindi cinema and literature, Umrao Jan’s story has been revisited time and again over the last 125 years, her iconic status reinforced with each re-telling ...

Netflix viewers have praised an 8-part period drama, calling it a "beautiful masterpiece" after streaming it on the popular ...

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British artist blocked from ‘reinterpreting’ statue of colonial Belgian king Ostend commissioned Brixton-based Hew Locke to recontextualise the equestrian statue of King Leopold II – but has ...

Colonial Playhouse in Aldan will wrap up its 84th season with its annual Colonial Quickies short play festival. Final performances take place Friday through Sunday, June 20-22. Friday and Saturday ...

ABUJA, Nigeria — The Netherlands on Thursday returned 119 artifacts looted from Nigeria, including human and animal figures, plaques, royal regalia and a bell. The artifacts, known as the Benin ...

Colonial Williamsburg’s rebuilding of the church is an opportunity to tell Black history and resurrect the stories of those who originally built it. “Today is more than a groundbreaking.

Set on more than an acre, this week’s featured home at 14 Harris Road is a four-bedroom, two-bathroom brick Colonial that has undergone a full renovation. Built in 1820, the first floor now ...

Some communities that suffered historical injustices have joined a push by Mau Mau fighters to seek compensation from the British government. Dini Ya Musambwa head Elijah Masinde's family and the ...