News Visitor Tears Hole in 17th-Century Painting at Uffizi Galleries A man damaged the portrait of Fernando de’ Medici while posing for a picture in the latest instance of a museum selfie gone ...

A replica 17th Century Spanish ship has arrived in Manx waters. Operated by Fundación Nao Victoria, Galéon Andalucía is 160ft (48m) long, weighs about 500 tonnes, and serves as a floating ...

A 1699 letter from an enslaved boy portrayed in a 17th-century painting sheds light on Black identity and agency in early modern England.

The director of Italy’s Uffizi Galleries has sharply criticised social media-obsessed tourists after a visitor posing for a photograph tripped and gashed a 17th-century oil painting.

A Child From 17th-Century Europe Might Have Rewritten the History of Smallpox The deadly scourge goes back for centuries, but how many?

A sunken 18th-century boat was discovered by chance by a diver near the majestic stone walls of Croatia's medieval city of Dubrovnik.

DUBROVNIK, Croatia (AP) — A sunken 18th-century boat has been discovered by chance near the majestic stone walls of Croatia's medieval city of Dubrovnik.

For more than a century, a patch of cold water south of Greenland has resisted the Atlantic Ocean's overall warming, fueling debate amongst scientists. A new study identifies the cause as the long ...

The Story of Movies in the 21st Century Is One of Context Collapse As the 100 best films list shows, long-held categories in Hollywood are fading, just as they are in the broader culture.

The couple has been accused of helping to sell the gold for a French diver who stole it decades ago, but have denied knowledge of any wrongdoing.