The samurai were a preeminent class defending Japan for centuries. But as the Tokugawa shogunate ushered in an era of ...

The king’s absolute love for big hair sparked a trend that spread all over 17th-century Europe ... when Europe’s fashion capital was Madrid. The Spanish preference for elegantly dark, severe ...

The cloister at La Pausa, a holiday home built in 1929 on a hill above the coast of Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, France, for the fashion designer ... a reproduction of a 17th-century oak table, a ...

Space cuisine offers similar prospects. To popularize a new way of life, one must begin with the table. Food is accessible, repeatable and emotionally resonant. A dish, served often and with intention ...

When exactly they originated is unclear, but ninjas operated in Japan until the late 19th century ... encampment apparently wore simple peasant or merchant clothing," said Balázs Szabó, a ...

A man in Norway woke up Thursday to find a 440-foot container ship dangerously close to his front doorstep. There were no injuries, and the cause remains unknown. "Judy D explores the beauty standards ...

Oysters and escargot are recognised as luxury foods around the world – but they were once valued by the lower classes as ...

It’s genderless and seasonless. In the right fabrics, it looks very rich.’ How brown, historically the color of peasant garb, ...

ITALY: John and Angelo Zorn from Novato spent three nights at Astapiana Villa Giusso, a 17th-century monastery overlooking the Sorrento peninsula and Bay of Naples. Now a sprawling estate with ...

A 17th Century hotel that has long been a cornerstone of its community is now up for sale. The Tweeddale Arms Hotel is a charming coaching inn located in the picturesque village of Gifford ...

Scholars expressed amazement at the discovery of three letters written in the hand of Julia Otaa, a Korean woman who rose to high rank in 17th century Japan only to earn the moniker of ...

The discovery was also significant because the street plan provided “virtually” the only above-ground physical evidence in Manhattan of the Dutch presence in New York during the 17th century.