In their pursuit of knowledge about the natural world, 16th-century scientists saw few boundaries between experiment and ...

A new map has revealed the most common religion in every African country, showing a clear divide between Christianity and Islam across the world’s second largest continent. The map, shared on YouTube ...

Early explorers were on guard against the strange and horrifying humanoids that they thought lived just beyond the known ...

During this time, it is said that the village played a vital role in local governance and community life, with the parish ...

John Mullen has learnt a lot from the likes of Matthew Flinders, the first man to circumnavigate Australia, and 16th-century ...

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And the city consistently ranks among the most affordable European destinations for a ... centre for Renaissance humanist culture in the 15th century. The Hungarian capital is located on the ...

Archaeologists in northern France have discovered a vast Bronze and Iron Age settlement that may once have been a regional ...

Other areas of the museum display 15th-century European pottery, priceless jewelry and local art. You can embark on your own self-guided walk-through of the museum, but recent travelers highly ...

First permanent establishment of the « New World » and capital of the West Indies,the Colonial City of Santo Domingo – the only one of the 15th century in the Americas – was the place of departure for ...