Armor, it notes, served as a powerful status symbol from the late 14th until the early 17th century, a time known ... when a gilded leather Venetian parade shield dating to approximately 1595 ...

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 ...

Its ancient stone churches, Venetian villas, piazzas and monasteries remain ... Originally built by the Byzantines and later added to by the Venetians in the 17th and 18th century, they’ve withstood ...

Archaeologists recently uncovered a trove of artifacts from a 17th-century military camp in Germany ... it housed approximately 50,000 soldiers, 15,000 horses and an entourage of thousands ...

Robbie Williams has revealed he has been diagnosed with scurvy, calling it a “17th-century pirate disease”. The NHS says scurvy is “caused by not having enough vitamin C in your diet over a ...

Meanwhile, the Lion Monument commemorates the soldiers ... and Venetian rule, and its medieval walls still stand proud, rewarding those who climb them with epic vistas across Kotor Bay. A maze of ...

Insider's tip: Outside in the square stands Florentine artist Andrea del Verrocchio's 15th-century monument to mercenary soldier ... of Venetian aristocratic life and costumes in the 17th and ...

An exceptionally rare 17th-century painting featuring a Black woman and a white woman side by side has gone on public display for the first time at Compton Verney, a historic manor in the English ...

It's that merry time of the year again. Christmas trees have been hauled out of people's lofts, the baubles have gone up as decorations and twinkling lights now adorn home and shop windows. One of ...

As detailed in their study published in the Journal of Archaeological Science, the scientists found evidence that people in 17th-century Europe were already chewing on the leaves of the coca ...

Part of the 17th-century foundation will be visible through a glass floor section in the new archaeology center. Brendan Sostak / The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation Last spring, crews broke ...