Eleonor "Gay" Courter and her husband have been accused of helping to sell the bullion for a French diver who stole it decades ago, but have denied knowledge of any wrongdoing.

The American researchers, from the Center for Historic Shipwreck Preservation, have investigated the wreck for 16 years and now think it's the remains of Nossa Senhora do Cabo, a Portuguese ship ...

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Generations of Germans believe Frederick the Great brought the beloved potato to Germany. The legend is this: King Frederick ...

The celebration of the Declaration of Independence's semiquincentennial is a chance to broaden the historical narrative to ...

An 80-year-old US novelist and her husband are among several people facing a possible trial in France over the illegal sale ...

More than 500 influential directors, actors and other notable names in Hollywood and around the world voted on the best films ...

Between 1632 and 1760, records show that 734 Indigenous children were enslaved in France's North American colony, historian ...

Many Germans believe Frederick the Great brought potatoes to the country. It’s not true - The potato is part of the German ...

The legend is this: King Frederick II of Prussia wanted his subjects to eat potatoes, introduced to Europe in the 16th ...

A 1699 letter from an enslaved boy portrayed in a 17th-century painting sheds light on Black identity and agency in early ...