Since at least 2013, a rumor has circulated online that illegal gambling dens in 18th-century England hired people to swallow dice in the event of a police raid. The claim has appeared on X ...

Science Archaeology 18th century shipwreck discovered at ‘Game of Thrones’ filming location An underwater maintenance worker found it while working on a pipe. Andrew Paul Jun 30, 2025 11:32 AM EDT ...

A version of this article appears in print on Nov. 11, 2023, Section A, Page 1 of the New York edition with the headline: Desires, and Grumbles, in a Cache of 18th-Century Love Letters.

The 18th-century vessel was found during an excavation of Ground Zero in July 2010. But details about the boat have perplexed historians until now – just in time for America's 250th anniversary.

Follows the epic and unprecedented telling of the unification and colonisation of Hawaii in the late 18th century.

An 18th-century wooden boat was recently unearthed beneath the seabed in Dubrovnik's Old Town harbor, adding to Europe's vessel-related discoveries this year.

DUBROVNIK, Croatia (AP) — A sunken 18th-century boat has been discovered by chance near the majestic stone walls of Croatia’s medieval city of Dubrovnik. Ivan Bukelic was working on a water pipeline ...

Stolen gold from 18th-century French shipwreck could lead to charges for U.S. novelist and her husband Updated on: July 3, 2025 / 12:30 PM EDT / CBS/AFP ...

In the 18th century, people only had letters, but what they wrote about feels very familiar.” England and France have a long, complicated history of being at war, most notably the Hundred Years ...

A sunken 18th-century boat has been discovered by chance near the majestic stone walls of Croatia's medieval city of Dubrovnik. Ivan Bukelic was working on a water pipeline in Dubrovnik's old port ...

DUBROVNIK – A sunken 18th-century boat has been discovered by chance near the majestic stone walls of Croatia's medieval city of Dubrovnik. Ivan Bukelic was working on a water pipeline in ...

A sunken 18th-century boat has been discovered by chance near the majestic stone walls of Croatia’s medieval city of Dubrovnik.