In 1500s Europe, masks were fashionable—and scandalous. Fingers started wagging when 16th-century European women began wearing masks to protect their skin and hide their identities.

The skeletons of three 16th-century African slaves recovered from a mass grave in Mexico City are shedding new light on the early colonial-era slave trade.

It's true: A servant from Africa named Yasuke achieved the rank of samurai warrior in Japan in the 16th century. ... Famous 16th century Japanese samurai was an African expatriate. Chelsey Cox.

An antiques dealer who sold a rare African mask for $4.6 million won a legal battle with the elderly couple who sold it to him for $165 without realizing the treasure’s actual worth.

KATHMANDU, DECEMBER 6. The Rubin Museum of Art has returned a circa 16th-century mask of the deity Bhairava to Nepal after receiving new evidence concerning its provenance.

As you enter the passage leading to the reception of the Centre for Blacks and African Arts and Civilisation (CBAAC), Broad Street, Lagos, the carved replica of the 16th-century Benin ivory mask ...

New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art announced that two bronze plaques that left the country under “unclear circumstances” and a life-like sculpted head will be returned to Nigeria.

It’s a Renaissance renaissance! A Williamsburg comedy troupe is updating 16th century Italian theater for the modern era! During three performances at Williamsburg’s Cloud City on Jan. 25–27, members ...

Ivory from a 16th century shipwreck reveals new details about African elephants Dozens of tusks from a sunken Portuguese trading ship have now been analyzed In 1533, a Portuguese trading ship ...

Ivory From 16th-Century Shipwreck Yields Clues to African Elephants’ Decline Researchers extracted DNA from tusks found in the wreckage of the “Bom Jesus,” a treasure-laden vessel that sank ...