The samurai were a preeminent class defending Japan for centuries. But as the Tokugawa shogunate ushered in an era of stability, the need for them faded, forcing these warriors to find a new way of ...

Scott Fitzgerald finished a draft of his third novel, “The Great Gatsby,” in a rental home in Saint-Raphaël. By the time Gabrielle Chanel arrived in 1928 — the Parisian couturier, then 45 and known as ...

Zugspitze – Germany’s Highest Mountain and a Gateway to the Alps (4K) Charles Barkley expresses concern about Bill Belichick ...

all in an attempt to uncover more about the people and medicine of 17th-century Milan. “The study of their remains aims to give back a general identity and a story to each of these persons,” the team ...

But the industry as we understand it today really has its origins in the second half of the 19th century. Whilst the scientific revolution of the 17th century had spread ideas of rationalism and ...

Built in the 17th century, it is a huge and sumptuous Baroque ... a heroic figure who battles an evil peasant leader. The opera had been a success, and when his first child was born in March ...

1 God Surya can be called the only god in Hindu religion who can be seen and prayed to in daily life The Surya is depicted as having a body as shiny and radiant as pure gold He is believed to be a ...

It does not necessarily reflect the view of The Herald. A five-bedroom Grade II listed farmhouse dating back to the 17th century is up for sale for £1.25 million. The stunning property, named ...

The English baluster is one of the earliest classes of drinking glass. These were popular from the last years of the 17th century through to the first half of the 18th, and this early date makes them ...