The National Gallery of Art’s deputy head of sculpture stepped behind a 16th-century urn and began to describe it to the ...

Chassica Kirchhoff is a treasure hunter of sorts. As assistant curator of European sculpture and decorative arts for the Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA), she is tasked with researching, identifying ...

The Detroit Institute of Arts recently added a rare 16th century automation clock, "The Rooster's Crow" to its permanent collection. (Detroit Institute of Arts) DETROIT – The Detroit Institute of Arts ...

Meteorology has never been as precise as it is today—but how can scientists learn about past weather events? In addition to environmental evidence such as ice cores and sediments, historical records ...

Ireland's Office of Public Works (OPW) has announced that Dublin Castle will present a six-part public lecture series ...

(THE CONVERSATION) Ideological division was tearing the country apart. Factions denounced each other as unpatriotic and evil. There were attempted kidnappings and assassinations of political figures.

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — A rare 16th-century book lives on thanks to hard work by a librarian at Michigan State University. MSU has held the copy of Ptolemy’s “Geographia” since it was donated to ...

Swedish archaeologists are studying a rare discovery from a 16th-century shipwreck near Stockholm, hoping it will shed light on the history of trade and industry in the Baltic region and Sweden during ...

LONDON — A 16th-century painting stolen more than 50 years ago has been found - and is now at the center of a custody battle between a widow in England and a small Italian museum. “Madonna and Child” ...

Pop quiz: name the world’s most famous trio? If you’re a foodie, then your answer might have been breakfast, lunch and dinner. It’s an almost universally accepted trinity – particularly in the Western ...