From maps and pickaxes, it is now possible to discover ancient relics from a distance, as in the case of a recent find.

An engaging account by Roger Crowley of the early trade wars between Spain and Portugal serves as a reminder of how money, greed and exploitation continues to shape the world ...

Researchers at Lancaster University have examined the skeletal remains of the 16th-century English warship Mary Rose.

A new AI machine learning technique helped historians analyze 76,000 pages from astronomy textbooks spanning nearly two centuries.

The Doria Atlas dates back to the 16th century. It was commissioned by Giovannie ... out a later version of the atlas — and its 27 hand-drawn maps — at the World Digital Library. This 14th-century ...

They introduced laws to enforce, what they believed to be, an appropriate Christian lifestyle: In the 16th century ... 18th century, when scientific ideas and explanations of the world started ...

Dealing with crime within a local community had been simple in the medieval era, as crime was less common than it became in the 16th century. Communities had been so small, by modern comparisons ...

Château d'If is a 16th-century fortress, commissioned by King Francois I, set atop the smallest island in the Frioul archipelago less than a mile from Marseille. It was later used as a prison ...

Ari reminded us just how good of a character she can play with a hilarious 16th-century transformation. Just short of 48 hours ago, Ariana took to TV screens around the world and hosted season 50 ...

Natch. However, over the weekend, Ari reminded us just how good of a character she can play with a hilarious 16th-century transformation. Just short of 48 hours ago, Ariana took to US TV screens ...