Oldest gun in the continental U.S. found among buried Spanish treasure
Archaeologist Deni Seymour discovered a bronze cannon in Arizona that she said is about 500 years old — the oldest firearm ...
Chicago-area concerts to showcase 16th-century Christmas music after sheet music discovery
Popular Christmas music from many centuries ago hasn't been played in hundreds of years. The sheet music was kept in chests in Guatemala and eventually sold to Indiana University, where Northwestern ...
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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 ...
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This Peculiar Painting From the Subversive Mannerist Movement Is Back on Display After a ...
Parmigianino painted St. Jerome asleep on the ground in his 16th-century altarpiece—a choice that's still puzzling experts five centuries later ...
Family stumbles on two valuable 400-year-old Bibles hidden in Poland home. See them
A family renovating their house in Poland stumbled upon a pair of old manuscripts. Experts identified the finds as valuable ...
16th Century pub packed to its wooden rafters with charm reopens after refurb
The Crown Inn, Bishop’s Waltham has reopened following an extensive refurbishment. The pub has kept its 16th century charm – ...