Other ancient works are set to be auctioned off the same day as well, including an 18th-century cheonghwa baekja (cobalt blue and white porcelain) jar estimated between $41,200 and $82,300 and an ...

A map of Jerusalem that was drafted some 190 years ago by a German tourist was recently unearthed by two researchers – one Israeli, the other German – in an archive in Berlin.

Mr Trump certainly seems to take a 19th-century view of the western hemisphere. He wants America to own ports at each end of the Panama Canal, which currently belong to a Hong Kong-Chinese ...