Jacob Epstein was very upset. For months, the sculptor had toiled on a memorial tomb for Oscar Wilde, the celebrated—and ...

Nestled near the iconic Giza pyramids, the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) is preparing for a lavish opening, featuring a towering statue of Ramses II and more than 100,000 artefacts, including ...

Jefferson's arguably most famous deed was the purchase of Louisiana, which more than doubled American territory. It can be ...

Pope Francis rested well during his 19th night in hospital with pneumonia, the Vatican said Wednesday, as celebrations for ...

Following my escape from the Nazi slave labor camp, and after encountering my brother-in-law, Bela Engel, on the streets of Budapest, he took me to one of the Swedish safe houses established by Raoul ...

Behind "Caspar David Friedrich: The Soul of Nature" is the tale of German Romanticism in the Age of Napoleon. If you were ...

The British Museum houses an incredible collection of artefacts from Ancient Egypt, from the famed Rosetta Stone to an ...

Columnist David Lauderdale recalls the words and legacy of one of Hilton Head’s historic figures and writes it would be an ...

An American production of Crime and Punishment achieves exactly what Dostoevsky suggested in his 1880 glorification of ...

Eclipse was sufficiently revered that his death created a market for relics not unlike that of saints in medieval times ...

Climb up to the château from the parking lot, and you'll discover the 8 large defensive towers surrounding the building, each adorned with statues of Preux Chevaliers. Prince Louis d'Orléans had ...