In a stunning revelation on PBS’s Finding Your Roots, Sharon Stone learned that royalty runs in her blood – and not just any royalty. The 66-year-old actress was visibly shocked when host Henry Louis ...

A rare portrait by Bernardino de’ Conti, a peer of Leonardo da Vinci, set a record at Sotheby's Master Paintings auction.

Named to lead New York's vast Catholic diocese, Edward Egan was elevated to cardinal by Pope John Paul II in 2001. Look back ...

Researchers think the site in the Netherlands may have been used for pagan worship in reaction to the spread of Christianity.

An extensive exhibition dedicated to the Dutch artist highlights her beautifully detailed still-lifes. But do these paintings ...

During her appearance on the show, Stone got an impressive surprise when host Henry Louis Gates Jr. revealed that, not only is she related to European royalty, but she's related to none other than ...

In Augustus the Strong: A Study in Artistic Greatness and Political Fiasco, Tim Blanning restores the ‘incorrigible Saxon’ to ...

The role of the first lady takes on different forms throughout history: we retrace it through historical portraits, up to the ...

In the best restaurants along the Bosphorus strait Roman Abramovich’s high dining is setting tongues wagging as much as it once did in London. “I love Abramovich so much,” enthuses Omer ...

That Is Crazy' As she sees the portrait of her distant ancestor, Stone gasps, grabbing her glasses to get a closer look, and says, "No!" "Charlemagne is your 38th great-grandfather," Gates tells her. ...

The 16th-century Italian artist undermined the Renaissance-era rules of illusionistic space with this playful, virtuosic painting.

For example, a silver denarius from the Holy Roman Empire discovered by metal detectorists ... Roman and Greek leaders paired their portraits with specific symbols of power or godliness.