Although undated, the archaeological context provides a reliable timeframe. Coins minted during the reign of Ottoman Sultan Murad IV (1623–1640) were found in the same room, placing their creation ...

A recent study published in Azania: Archaeological Research in Africa explores new historical evidence of one of pre-colonial ...

In the late 1980s, local activists were scrambling to protect Sutton House, a 500-year-old Tudor manor house in Hackney, East London. Amid the restoration efforts, workers salvaged hundreds of pieces ...

The series, hosted at the Crailo State Historic Site in Rensselaer, allows participants to experience, hands on, how meals ...

It’s among the best preserved 17th-century ships and the discoveries keep coming. Vasa, a Swedish warship that sank minutes into its maiden voyage in 1628, was pulled from the Stockholm harbor in 1961 ...

Airbrushing and beauty filters may feel like a modern phenomenon, but conservation work to a portrait painted in the 17th century has revealed that touch-ups to images are nothing new. English ...

PIEN, Poland (WKRC) - Archaeologists discovered the remains of a female “vampire” in a graveyard with a sickle around her neck. Professor Dariusz Poliski led the archaeological dig with Nicholas ...

“We have realized that a lot of this ship still is preserved. It rests in very shallow water, but despite the fact that people have been salvaging the rig and the guns and so on after the wreckage, a ...

Tom has a Master's degree in Journalism. His editorial work covers anything from archaeology and the environment to technology and culture. Tom has a Master's degree in Journalism. His editorial work ...

This padlock dates back to the 17th or 18th century and was heavily corroded. Thick rust had nearly fused the shackle and ...