A Necropolis is a mere depository for dead bodies,” Douglass wrote. “Green-Wood,” on the other hand, implied “verdure, shade, ...

Pianist Mari Kodama plays the “Pathétique” Sonata, No. 8 in c minor, Op. 13, by Ludwig van Beethoven. Mari Kodama played the “Pathétique” Sonata, part of a Pentatone recording of Beethoven’s complete ...

The loss of the Prince of Wales and the Repulse paved the way for Japanese forces to make a successful run on Malaya and ...

What motivated the smashing on April 23 of the main gate to Damascus’s historic Jewish cemetery and the digging of a pit disturbing the tomb of renowned mystic Rabbi Hayyim ben Joesph Vital? The desec ...

Christie’s Modern British and Irish Art Evening Sale achieved a total of £11,312,620/ $14,672,468/ €13,428,080, with sell-through rates of 96% by lot and 98% by value. Christie’s announced its March ...

A man died Monday night when a vehicle struck his motorcycle in northeastern Winston-Salem, authorities said. The crash happened at 9:20 p.m. Monday when Mark Lee Key, 41, was driving a 2006 ...

They planned to leave at 6 p.m. A Winston-Salem Police officer was parked nearby. The spectacle of the decorated bridge slowed traffic on the parkway. A local activist group associated with the ...

No monument was erected for him (probably due to lack of room in the chapel) but a life size wax effigy, 6 feet 2 inches tall, stood by his grave for over a century before being collected, with others ...

Royal Connections Crowns and Coronets, at Blenheim Palace, explores the special bond between the monarchy and the Dukes of Marlborough ...