Before Christopher Columbus's arrival in 1492, the Americas were home to advanced civilizations with sophisticated social ...

At the end of the 16th century, the country was pacified by Lord Nobunaga, who disciplined the samurai and put an end to the ...

A ‘charming’ farmhouse with more than three acres of land on the edge of the Lake District is for sale. This impressive ...

Archaeologists working on the site of an old convent’s garden in Dijon, France, have discovered a strange group of Gallic graves and a children’s necropolis dating back over 2,000 years.

A 16th-century Florentine noblewoman, Lisa Gherardini was the wife of a successful silk merchant named Francesco del Giocondo ...

A new exhibition in London traces the evolution of tarot from Renaissance Italy to the present day, with the card designs ...