The New York Times2h
One City, Three Great Artists: Reuniting Leonardo, Michelangelo and Raphael
Things were no different in Florence during the early 16th century, when three artists who would become known as the ...
Smithsonian Magazine19h
Father and Son Discover Rare Trove of 16th- and 17th-Century Silver Coins While Metal Detecting in a Polish Forest
Sławomir and Szymon Milewski were searching for a Roman road when they stumbled upon the cache of coins, which is worth more ...
CNN on MSN5h
This 12th century castle in the ‘green heart’ of Italy is transforming into an exclusive luxury resort
Antognolla castle, in Umbria, is being transformed into a Six Senses resort, offering guests and golfers a soothing ...
The most dazzling dagger you’ll ever see – and other treasures of the Mughal emperors
The Mughal empire was founded in the early 16th century by a prince named Babur, a descendant of the steppe empires that had ...
Interesting Engineering on MSN2d
16th-century coin hoard valued over $120,000 unearthed by father, son in Poland
A Polish father-son duo have discovered rare 16th and 17th century coins, dating back to the tumultuous period of the Thirty ...
Machine-learning analysis tracks the evolution of 16th-century European astronomical thought
A team of computer scientists, astronomers and historians in Berlin has used machine-learning applications to learn more ...
ArtReview6d
How a 16th Century Conquest Marked the Beginning of Globalisation
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 ...
A forgotten 16th century manuscript that reveals spaceflight instructions
In the 16th century, Austrian military engineer Conrad Haas composed the Sibiu Manuscript, detailing advanced concepts of ...
Ancient Greece's cultural rise started a century earlier than previously thought—new research
While ancient Greece is one of the best known cultures of antiquity, there are no surviving historical narratives covering ...
MercoPress4d
Brief history of the Falklands since first references in the 16th century to 1841
Two maps in the archives in Paris and Istanbul from the early sixteenth century which appear to represent the Islands have a Portuguese connection. But the first recorded sighting of the Falkland ...
The 20 most fabulous places for a Christmas break in Britain
Struggling to decide what to put on your Christmas list? Take our advice and put the following somewhere prominent, under the ...
Colossal8d
Arcimboldo-esque Portraits Emerge from Tools of the Trade in Early 19th-Century Aquatints
Around 1800, London-based published Samuel William Fores continued the playful tradition of composite portraiture in a series ...