Alfred Downing created accurate sketches of the banks and riverbed of the Columbia River. In 1880, he created a reasonably accurate outline sketch of the Waterville Plateau. He ...

The Art Institute of Chicago has received a massive gift of French art from collectors Jeffrey and Carol Horvitz.

After detailed scans of the find and a yearslong preservation process, experts identified the material as a 1,600-year-old purple fabric woven with gold threads. Its purple dye, now faded to a red ...

Archaeologists have uncovered “conclusive physical evidence” of the first church site, circa 1610, in Hampton in what is the ...

The 18th-century painting by Charles Willson Peale had previously been the subject of mismanaged restoration attempts. Now, experts in Versailles are bringing it back in line with the artist's origina ...

Humans have been making maps for as long as they’ve been exploring the Earth. Some of their cartographic maps went on to ...

Peale's majestic portrait of founding father George Washington has headed to Versailles for a state-of-the-art restoration.

On Feb. 10, 1763, the Treaty of Paris ended the Seven Years' War between Britain and Spain and also the French and Indian War ...

Iowa’s anti-French sentiments are reflected in Clayton County’s Elkader, named after Abd al-Qadir ibn Muhyi al-Din, an ...

The dark skies during a new moon provide ideal conditions for spotting skywatching targets that would otherwise be outshined by moonlight. The next new moon will occur on Thursday, Feb. 27 at 7:45 ...

The developer has also planted new balloons in the party benches, adding a pop of color to the bleak scenery. There are several game modes and maps that were teased by Valve in the lead-up to CS2 ...

Additionally, Treyarch has introduced an entirely new mode called Kill Order, which debuted during the beta phase, promising to bring fresh excitement and strategic depth to the Multiplayer roster.