This Halifax Gibbet was first recorded as being used ... of immunology” and his discoveries in the latter half of the 17th Century has saved countless lives since. Edward was declared one ...

Is loneliness a modern epidemic as we are so often told? Did people in the past suffer similar feelings of isolation?

In 1694, a lovelorn inquirer wrote to The Athenian Mercury, a periodical published by the English printer John Dunton, with a ...

Finland has returned a ceremonial stool that was looted from what is now Benin by French forces more than a century ago, a gesture that officials from both countries described as a milestone in the ...

Long before art fairs, advisory firms and mega-galleries, there were barbers, tailors and innkeepers managing the flow of art in 17th-century Italy. Beyond the Fringe, an exhibition at Nicholas ...

LANSING, MI — Caretakers of an 1880s mansion and a 17th century fort, both in Berrien County, were recognized for their preservation work this week. The two Southwest Michigan landmarks were ...

all in an attempt to uncover more about the people and medicine of 17th-century Milan. “The study of their remains aims to give back a general identity and a story to each of these persons,” the team ...

Take a look inside a 17th century castle in Northumberland which is believed to have been made out of Hadrian's Wall stone. The 'stunning' property has a Pele Tower and Lodge, and is being ...

One of the lessons of “‘I Humbly Beg Your Speedy Answer,’” Mary Beth Norton’s delightful compendium of 17th-century advice to the lovelorn, is a sobering one to us today: Things that we ...

A new interiors business specialising in revitalising discarded items has opened in a former 17th century Suffolk pub. HF Interiors has opened in the former home of The Cross pub on the corner of ...