A pocket watch belonging to a sailor who survived the sinking of four ships, including the RMS Titanic and its sister ship Britannic, has fetched nearly Ksh702,000 at an auction in England. The historic item was auctioned at Sudeley Castle in…
It was 1838 when Welsh immigrant David Jones opened a small shop selling fabrics, silks and other goods on the corner of George and Barrack streets in Sydney.Little did he know his small shop would grow into one of Australia's…
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A gallery of hundreds of engraved motifs and dozens of prehistoric animal images has been found in a cave in Spain, where they had gone unnoticed despite the cave being a popular tourist attraction. Josep Maria Vergès at the Catalan…
By Kim Turpin Davis A stately Federal townhouse on Oronoco Street is witness to more than two centuries of Alexandria’s rich history. The home was built in 1795 as an investment for John Potts Jr., the first secretary of George Washington’s…
Today, many Kansas Citians know the American Royal as an autumn tradition in transition—a storied livestock exhibition moving into a new era with its expansion in Wyandotte County. Fewer realize that this cornerstone of Midwestern identity owes its name,…
New Statesman I may be the only one who believes that Labour edged to its narrow four-seat majority in the 1964 general election because of the Beatles. For most of 1963, the prime minister to be, Harold Wilson, had been talking of…
There used to be about 60 planks, but now only one remains from the set of carved wooden blocks of the Diamond Sutra dating back to the 19th year of Chinh Hoa (1698), during the reign of Lord Nguyen Phuc Chu. More than…
The pocket watch is made of gun metal and comes in a silver case A pocket watch belonging to a sailor who survived four ship sinkings, including that of the Titanic, is set to be sold at auction. The watch…
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