Throughout its centuries-long existence, the Hagia Sophia has been a place of worship for many different religions and ...

A coin stash worth more than $340,000 could have been hidden in the hills of the Czech Republic during one of the 20th ...

Ukraine’s tragic geography has long made it the target of imperial ambitions, epitomized by the prize of Crimea. As the war ...

Americans once associated spheres of influence with a cynical, volatile European past. Now Washington is resurrecting them.

By Akin Nazli in Belgrade An unnamed investor has spent £1,016,000 ($1.35mn) acquiring orientalist painter Osman Hamdi Bey’s ...

Pink and blue, along with other pastels, emerged as popular colors for babies in the mid-19th century, but it took time for their status as gender signifiers to be confirmed. In June 1918 ...

The photo appears in an album labeled “Constantinople” and is attributed to the famed Armenian photography duo, the Abdullah Brothers, active in the Ottoman Empire during the 19th century ... of ...

An award-winning lateral house in a charming London suburb is on sale for £7.5 million (US$9.7 million). The house in London’s quaint Belsize Park neighborhood has a 1860s traditional Arts and ...

ELLISVILLE, Miss. (WDAM) - A bit of Ellisville history went up in flames Saturday. Ellisville Fiore Department Chief Kyle Brooks said a 135-year-old house built from pine was a total loss. which ...