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American clergymen Edward Robinson and Eli Smith began a Bible-guided survey of the Holy Land, producing a landmark ...
Swiftsden House, a 19th-century manor house in England by architect has tiered seating. Reginald Blomfield, lists for $4.7 million with a tennis court and pool.
Ashutosh Sharma smashed a 70-ball century on his club cricket debut in England on Saturday. The Delhi Capitals lower-order batter, known for hitting sixes under pressure situations, was playing ...
The new French-Australian shiraz/syrah blend is controversial and boasts a super-sized price tag. What’s the fuss about? Wine writer Huon Hooke responds in Good Weekend magazine.
Cameron Green has marked his comeback from surgery by hitting a century for English county Gloucestershire, but then retired hurt suffering from cramp. Green left the field on Friday at Canterbury ...
Since at least 2013, a rumor has circulated online that illegal gambling dens in 18th-century England hired people to swallow dice in the event of a police raid. The claim has appeared on X ...
In the 1500s, Europeans began sending ships to distant Asian ports for things like spices, tea, silk, cotton, diamonds, pearls and ivory. These traders developed a language so that they could ...
Ronald Paulson, a renowned specialist in the artist William Hogarth and in 18th-century English art and culture, died Aug. 7 at his Baltimore home. The William D. and Robin Mayer Professor Emeritus in ...
MANTEO, N.C. — Archaeologists say an unearthed copper earring likely came from European explorers who made up part of the "Lost Colony" in modern-day Roanoke Island, North Carolina.
An ancient DNA (aDNA) study at the 17th-century English colony of Jamestown, Virginia, has identified two of the town's earliest settlers, and revealed an unexpected family secret.
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Betty and Robert Fooks unexpectedly unearthed the 17th-century hoard at their cottage in South Poorton Farm, Dorset, in 2019. Now, these coins have hit the auction block and sold for upward of ...