WILLIAMSBURG — At just 4 years old, Ethan Rose is already something of a budding history enthusiast. Last year, the preschooler from Washington, D.C., had an archaeology phase, and right now, his ...

For the first time in history, the art museums of Colonial Williamsburg are offering an “exhibition of decorative and folk art collections exclusively crafted by Black artists from the 18 th to 21 st ...

In the 17th century, life along what would become the Delaware coast included European families working alongside enslaved Africans to farm the land and survive a rugged pioneer life. The recent ...

When Associate Professor of Literature Zac Zimmer sifted through European archives documenting the Conquest of the Americas, he kept noticing what was missing from the official record. Those who seek ...

Patna: History lovers, researchers and students can now access rare British-era records from the Shahabad region following a ...

WILLIAMSBURG, Va. — Archaeologists in Virginia are uncovering one of colonial America's most lavish displays of opulence: An ornamental garden where a wealthy politician and enslaved gardeners grew ...

Itinerary of François Pyrard de Laval includes a visit to "Inde." On a chilly afternoon in February 1611, the town of Laval, a prosperous mercantile conurbation on the River Mayenne in northwest ...

The Graham family of Madison took time Saturday to see a slice of 18th-century colonial life on the Western Pennsylvania frontier — guns, knives, compasses, a canteen, powderhorns, bowls, woodworking ...

Colonial history is the study of the historical processes and impacts of colonization, when one nation or group extends control over another territory and its people. This field examines the ...

Donkeys entered Namibia’s central north relatively late, and only became common in the 1920s and 1930s. Their presence across ...