Treponema pallidum, a microorganism that can cause a deadly sexually transmitted disease in humans, may have a far more ancient lineage than scientists once thought ...

On January 21, 1793, King Louis XVI of France was executed by guillotine in Paris, a moment that changed the course of the French Revolution and sent shockwave ...

Mobile became an American city in 1813, and began its antebellum rise as a hub for banking, cotton and selling enslaved people. Its multicultural history left it with many things that you can see only ...

The Federal Constitution and Malaysian history will be incorporated into the higher education syllabus, says Prime Minister ...

A stunning French castle recently hit the market — with a high listing price that few can afford. But its history of nearly 1,000 years may interest many more. Le Château de la Verdière, located in ...

It was unlike any book they had ever seen,” Carrie Gibson writes in The Great Resistance: The 400-Year Fight to End Slavery in the Americas, “filled with Biblical and historical images, with many ...

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In Limoux, where French sparkling wine traces some of its earliest roots, a new kind of estate is taking shape. French Bloom — the fast-growing brand behind some of the world’s most acclaimed ...

Standing before the crumbling walls of the old Packard Plant last year, I couldn’t help but feel the weight of the past pressing through the silence. Once the roaring heart of American industry, it ...

In what has already been described as the biggest theft that the institution has suffered in a century, the Louvre robbery continues to make waves across the globe. During Sunday’s security breach, ...

This weekend, thieves undertook a daring heist at the Louvre Museum in Paris, breaking into the Apollo Gallery on Sunday morning. In total, nine items were stolen—one, Empress Eugenie’s crown, was ...

French Lick, Indiana — The first thing that comes to mind at the mention of this sleepy little town in rural southern Indiana is the legendary basketball star, Larry Bird, widely known as “the hick ...