William Blackstone - From the archives of Prof. Paul Rood: used with permission ...

the Madaba Map is both a masterpiece of Byzantine design and a working map of Jerusalem and the sixth-century Middle East. A detail of the Madaba Map reveals how its makers imagined the world from ...

There’s a special kind of magic that happens when you cross the invisible boundary into Hackettstown, New Jersey – suddenly your shoulders drop an inch, your grip on the steering wheel loosens, and ...

As a result of the imperial conflicts taking place on the European continent at the beginning of the 19th century, the Portuguese Court migrated to America, settled in the city of Rio de Janeiro and ...

The concept of Liberty Hall originated when Harvey and Aaron Finch purchased the building in 2022. When it was originally constructed more than a century ago in 1882, the building had a much different ...

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 ...

A previously unknown shipwreck lying in nearly 70 meters of water off the coast of Estonia's largest island, Saaremaa, may be of a British collier which sank in the mid-19th century ... remain just a ...

Lilienthal completed as many as 2,000 glides in five years before he died in a crash in August 1896. “Of all the men who attacked the flying problem in the 19th century, Otto Lilienthal was easily the ...

It's a 19th-century condom, made from a sheep's appendix and printed with an erotic image of a nun and three aroused clergymen, now on public display for the first time in Amsterdam. It is neither ...

In 19th-century Paris, the Paris Morgue became a popular attraction, drawing crowds eager to view unclaimed bodies. This fascination with death, a precursor to modern true crime entertainment ...

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 appendix ...