Sophie Germain was a brilliant, self-taught mathematician who won one of France's most prestigious prizes, yet she declined ...

A stunning 1,000-year-old French castle in Provence has gone on the market for $17.7 million, featuring 100 rooms and ...

Major exhibitions and commissions will honor Nicéphore Niépce's invention and explore photography's evolution from 1826 to ...

He was an official in the revolutionary government, then, after the country won independence from France, was imprisoned and ...

We all scream for ice-cream, especially as temperatures soar in the summer. Ancient civilizations had the same desire for a ...

In the early 20th century, another New York mogul eyed control of the area for U.S. and other foreign interests ...

A couple in their 40s with a rich criminal history, including soliciting prostitution, own the bar in the Swiss Alps where a ...

Where do you even begin with Henry II of France? From his years as a captive in Spain, to his unlikely rise to the throne, to ...

The Airbus A220 is the cornerstone of Air France’s short- and medium-haul fleet renewal. This 50th aircraft is the 9th Airbus ...

New historical research is challenging centuries of assumptions about why the Bayeux Tapestry — one of the most iconic pieces ...

The cover of the Oct. 31, 1765, edition of The New Hampshire Gazette laments the coming of the ‘never-to-be-forgotten ...

David R. Wagner, the eminent Connecticut muralist and painter of great scenes from American history, died in early December ...