These thieves didn’t just steal paintings or jewels, but also a piece of history. Here are 10 museum artefacts that still ...

A new history by Jonathan Cheng argues that an influx of missionaries in the late 19th century profoundly shaped the ruling ...

Kythera is an enchanted Greek island with majestic beaches, but with green mountainous terrain also, so there is something ...

The White House says it wants to choke off Iran's oil export revenue. But experts say that blockades are often unpredictable ...

The White House says it wants to choke off Iran's oil export revenue. But experts say that blockades are often unpredictable ...

A mercurial figure in Japan’s 19th-century art world, Kawanabe Kyosai remains celebrated for his virtuosic draftsmanship, biting humour and irreverent imagination. Trained first under the ukiyo-e ...

The David Geffen Galleries showcase the Los Angeles County Museum of Art’s permanent collection, which is reorganised around ...

Yakima’s four veterans organizations commissioned a memorial in 1969. The 13-foot tall, 13-ton California granite monument ...

Institutions are grappling with the human remains in their collections that were used to justify debunked theories about race ...

I had been under the impression that bringing a gun to a knife fight was strictly the Chicago way, but apparently it was the way of the samurai too – at least if the mix of gunslinging and ...

Japan is a maritime nation whose history, culture and way of life are shaped by the sea. An archipelago of more than 14,000 islands on the western edge of the Pacific Ocean, it is also one of the ...