Nowadays, traveling is not only a favored hobby, but a necessity, too, for some people, who can probably no longer remember ...

In 1829, the Greeks finally achieved independence. Records indicate that when Bavarian soldiers arrived in Athens in the 1830s to drive the remaining Turks from the Acropolis, they took up ...

Most items are fairly reasonably priced, although more unusual finds, such as the mummified head of a Peruvian child circa 500 B.C. are for show more than sale. While the stock is dominated by ...

Kennedy; her children David and Michael; her daughter-in-law Mary; her grandchildren Maeve and Saoirse; and her great-grandchildren Gideon and Josie," the statement reads. "Please keep our mother ...

In 1830 Adams returned to Washington, D.C., serving in the House of Representatives. Photograph by New York Historical Society/Bridgeman/ACI “Very well, Sir,” said Adams stonily.

How did they fare? This circa 1830s wood frame is in the Brooklyn Heights Historic District. Set up as a two-family, it has an owner’s triplex above a garden rental. This former Open House Pick is ...

19th century, circa 1820 to 1830, and valued as such ... You have the images in the piece of the sled, and of the mother and child, and just a great deal of activity. He was born in Holland ...

18.3 x 11.3 cm. (7.2 x 4.4 in.) ...

This map of Hull shows the town (it wasn't a city until 1899) as it was ca.1830. Junction (now Prince's) Dock, started 1827, is shown, but not the Hull and Selby Railway (opened 1836). The hand ...

Resting on three raised bat form feet and with entwined twin dragon handles, engraved to the centre with ladies at leisure in a pavilion garden and sages with a boy attendant, surrounding a central ...

Humans have been telling stories and sharing thoughts through printed works for thousands of years. Some of those books — if they manage to survive — are worth millions of dollars. But what books are ...