Nicolas was appointed Bishop of Luçon, another sister married the king’s secretary, and a niece, Perrette, wed Jean de Village. The latter was granted the position of galley patron, meaning he ...

In Canberra, “The colony is falling” was found graffitied on a statue of King George V. Earlier this week, a statue of Captain James Cook in Sydney was found covered in red paint, with its ...

A few protesters took that antipathy a step further — by vandalizing statues of British settlers and an English king. The damage done in Sydney, Melbourne and Canberra was a fresh sign that ...

Alexander’s kingship of Asia, as he proclaimed in 331 BC, did not mean, as is often thought, the Persian kingship, but was a unique creation of Alexander himself, according to academic Ernst ...

THESSALONIKI, Greece — A marble statue of a woman believed to be more than 2,000 years old was found abandoned in a garbage bag near the Greek city of Thessaloniki, police said Wednesday.

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Guests made a stop at the King statue on Main Street in downtown as a way to honor “Dr. King’s dream of justice and equality,” a city of Riverside Instagram post states. The events celebrated the ...

Over 2,200 black floating iron capsules, weighing five tonnes each, have been used to construct the bridges for facilitating the movement of vehicles, pilgrims, sadhus and workers at the world's ...

The pontoon bridges were first used in 480 BC by Persian king Xerxes I during his invasion of Greece. These bridges were also used by the Zhou dynasty in China during the 11th century BC.

A sceptre that went missing from a seafront statue about 40 years ago is to be replaced. The monument to King George III was installed on Weymouth's Esplanade in 1809 to mark the monarch's Golden ...

Paterson residents will celebrate the 96th birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on Monday with a special ceremony at the city’s newly unveiled statue honoring the civil rights leader.