A team of paleo-geneticists at Universidad de La Laguna on Santa Cruz de Tenerife, working with colleagues from other Canary Islands and European institutes, has found that studying the genes of ...

The Coastal Discovery Museum’s upcoming exhibit will highlight the untold story of Santa Elena, the first European Colonial Capital in North America. Sponsored Content by Along the gentle tidal creeks ...

Swedish archaeologists recently uncovered remnants of a forgotten 16th-century city beneath modern-day Gothenburg. The excavation was conducted by Arkeologerna, a Swedish archaeological consultancy, ...

Hamnet has brought Tudor architecture and interiors to the fore. And there are plenty of houses around the UK still showcasing 16th-Century living.

John Milton is widely considered to be one of the greatest English poets who ever lived—just ask such luminaries as John Dryden, Alexander Pope, Samuel Jonson, and Voltaire, who once declared, “Milton ...

The historic Palazzo Berardi is in the city center, off the quiet Piazza della Pigna, named for an ancient bronze sculpture of a pinecone at its center. The palatial four-story residence was built in ...

Alison Luchs, a curator and deputy head of sculpture at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., has gained attention online after appearing in a series of Instagram videos that put a playful, ...

A recent study by researchers Dr. Dorota Dzierzbicka and Dr. Daria Elagina re-examined and translated a rare first-hand account of a 16th-century Ethiopian monk visiting old Dongola, Sudan. The work ...

The first book to illustrate a pencil was published in the 16th century, and its author was more interested in the properties of the lead than the implement itself. Woodcut illustration of a pencil ...

Word to the wise: 16th century Mughal samosas are no joke. You can trust me on that one or rely on the more experienced historical food internet sensation, Max Miller, who said if someone tells you ...