An unassuming Tudor hunting lodge in the Cumbrian district in the U.K. just gave up a wild secret: rare wall paintings from the 16th century that depict a host of truly fantastical beasts.

The 16th-century Spanish Renaissance painter Luis de Morales had an eye for the dramatic. In one lamentation scene, Jesus slumps against his mother’s arm, his limp corpse gray and speckled with ...

Swedish archaeologists are studying a rare discovery from a 16th-century shipwreck near Stockholm, hoping it will shed light on the history of trade and industry in the Baltic region and Sweden ...

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 ...

The kayas, created as of the 16th century but abandoned by the 1940s, are now regarded as the abodes of ancestors and are revered as sacred sites and, as such, are maintained as by councils of elders.

While the pope leaves behind an interesting legacy, some believe his death was foreshadowed as early as the 16th century, drawing renewed attention to centuries-old prophecies. Astronauts pointed to ...

The 13-page manuscript, valued at nearly $20,000, had been housed in the National Archive of Paraguay since at least 1870 until it was stolen over a decade ago. It next surfaced at an auction house in ...

Provenance, or the documented ownership history of your artwork.

Height of tankard: 9 1/4 in. (23.5 cm.) ...

Under its longest-serving editor, Graydon Carter, Vanity Fair was that rare thing – a New York society magazine that published serious journalism. @PeterPeteryork looks at what Carter got right. Peter ...