With the Virgin and Child at its centre, this painting also depicts two saints, two playful angels, a bawdy scene with a ...

This Morning's Josie Gibson has revealed that she suffered a health scare while filming a new show about the diets of the 1970s. Josie hosts new Channel 5 programme, 'The 1970s Diet', in which she ...

Many also believe the oracle has predicted the return on the 17th century plague in the words: 'A great pestilence from the past returns, no enemy more deadly under the skies.' In an even more ...

Constructed in the 16th century using mortar bricks and lime plaster, the helical step-well descends seven levels and contains 11 rooms below ground. Sen said, adding that her aim is to raise ...

Bragg, Jr., has announced the return of a pivotal 16th-century manuscript to the rightful hands of Paraguay. This document, which once fell into the hands of a New York City book dealer after its ...

Hudson’s Bay Co. plans to auction off a vast collection of art and artifacts, including its 1670 charter that played a pivotal role in the history of Canada – raising concerns among experts in ...

The re-creation of a 16th century English village, will be displaying authentic era costumes, customs, shows, food and artisans. Guests are encouraged to step back in time as the event will be ...

Two new books examine efforts to standardize English orthography and the pronouns at the heart of our culture wars, finding that spelling and usage have never conformed to any rules. Credit..

including a 16th-century portrait by Giovanni Battista Moroni — the first portrait of a woman from the era to enter the museum’s collection — and a small landscape by Jean-Baptiste-Camille ...