Portraits of enslaved people from the 19th century were also unusual. Enslavers often viewed them as mere chattel and not worth the expense and effort of commissioning a painting. If they did appear ...

We do not know when exactly Kashmiris began writing but the practice was possibly encouraged by the needs of Buddhist traders and missionaries ... Xuanzang (7th century) had a number of scribes ...

The law was often ignored and frequently violated during its first century of existence ... “Most of the time when DOD personnel are doing these missions, they go down to the border and they do ...

African Americans who wanted to serve as missionaries in the 19th century faced significant challenges. Many, of course, had to win their own freedom before pursuing the missionary calling.

The barracks is World Heritage Listed for its convict history, but is equally important for the story of 19th century Australian immigration. After the end of convict transportation to New South ...

One side of the diptych was enamelled in France and then probably sent to Portugal, from where Jesuit missionaries carried ... to have been born in the ninth century in Egypt.

Analysis of dried plant remains from a 19th-century Australian colonial institution reveals the consumption of various foods not listed in official records, suggesting secretive snacking by residents.

In just the next five years, we can expect at least a dozen lunar missions that will put the ... in space exploration over the past half-century. Today, several rising economic and political ...

And under colonial rule this feeling grows more potent, not least because of missionaries’ polemical attacks on Hindu culture. By the end of the 19th century, the word ‘Hindutva’ emerged, and figures ...

Three Israeli hostages released by Hamas in first phase of ceasefire deal; TikTok is back up again in the U.S. following a shutdown overnight; 135 million under threat of extreme cold and snow; an ...

Many assume Judaism has always been a closed, ethnically-bound faith, but 19th-century America tells a ... distinguish their openness from Christian missionary efforts. Conversion was welcome ...

MONTREAL – Twenty-five years into the new century, and the verdict is in. The NHL announced on Sunday the Canadiens’ First and Second Quarter-Century Teams as the Habs prepare to host the New ...