Over the course of the second half of the nineteenth century, the requisites for the advancement of surgery began to fall into place. Among these was the need for adequate anesthesia ...

The resident historian at Ashridge House explains how the design of the home is influenced by its royal past and its current status as a wedding venue ...

Compare with a similar hongmu sofa, formerly in the collection of Dorothy Worrall, and now in the Museum of Liverpool (acc.no.1991.121.27). See also a similar carved hongmu sofa, 19th century, which ...

This trend was augmented by the Industrial Revolution and the growth of the middle class in the 19th century, which enabled young men to select a spouse and pay for a wedding, regardless of ...

For several months in 1898, a pair of male lions turned the Tsavo region of Kenya into their own human hunting grounds, killing many construction workers who were building the Kenya-Uganda railway.

Just because you can't afford a remodeled condo doesn't mean you have to skimp on gadgets. Here are some tips for making your new home a tech-centric haven. PCMag PCMag.com and PC Magazine are ...

At the beginning of the 19th century, though there had been some advances in medical knowledge, scientists still did not understand what caused disease. However, the production of better quality ...

In 1845 Greeley published Fuller's landmark book, "Woman in the Nineteenth Century," which argued for women's equality in all aspects of life. Fuller traveled to Europe in 1846, becoming the first ...

Many people saw it as an attack on religion, because the book made it impossible to believe that God created the world in seven days. Darwin put forward the theory that all life, including humans ...

A historic city church is set to be built around to make way for a 23-storey tower, new plans show. The Particular Baptist Chapel has stood on Rochdale Road since roughly 1840, but has been ...

Imagine a mid-career Elvis, only transported to the 21st century, where he’s forced to contend with ... In the hilarious and stirring new off-Broadway revival of “Hold On” — helmed by Neil Pepe, who ...

The process of the Hebrew language revival began on October 13th 1881 ... until late in the 19th century with the first aliya and Ben-Yehuda. Born in 1858, Ben-Yehuda grew up in Belarus, formerly ...