The German government intends to face its often violent colonial-era history while rejecting demands for compensation from former colonies, according to media reports. Following an inquiry by the ...

BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s president on Wednesday apologized for killings under colonial rule in Tanzania more than a century ago as he met descendants of an executed leader of a revolt against German ...

France has returned a historic 'talking drum', a looted colonial artifact, to Ivory Coast, marking a key moment in colonial ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Former colonial powers in Europe have been slowly moving to send back some artworks obtained during their imperial conquests (PIUS ...

It would take a determined visitor to the Royal Museum for Central Africa to locate the life-sized likeness of one of history’s most brutal colonial rulers carved from ivory. The statue of Belgium‘s ...

The Miller-Cory House Museum in Westfield is offering an opportunity to experience what childhood was like in colonial times. On May 18 from 2 to 4 p.m. visitors can explore old-fashioned toys and ...

Military service records available at location date back to around 1839, yet outpost itself is not mentioned in them, leading researchers to believe it predates those records ...

WILLIAMSBURG, Va. (AP) — Archaeologists in Virginia are uncovering one of colonial America’s most lavish displays of opulence: An ornamental garden where a wealthy politician and enslaved gardeners ...

As the United States approaches its 250th anniversary in 2026, the country’s semiquincentennial (an anniversary that sadly lacks the pithy brevity of 1976’s bicentennial) is already slowly crashing ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. WILLIAMSBURG, Va. (AP) — Archaeologists in ...