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 ...

A section of a 17th-century historic shipwreck has surfaced on England’s southern coast after Storm Chandra shifted sand along a Dorset beach. The wooden remains appeared at Studland Bay on Jan. 28.

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 ...

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 ...

For years, a 17th-century portrait of a child hid on the back of a door in an English cottage that was crammed with antiques, rarely seen even by the eccentric collector who lived there. Now, ...

The writer Skye McAlpine’s apartment, part of a storied palazzo in Venice, is filled with layers of history. Skye McAlpine’s apartment is part of the 17th-century Palazzo Gradenigo in Venice. In the ...

The object was found on the seafloor off Florida, near the wreck of a Spanish treasure galleon. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A ...

The wreck of a 17th-century Swedish warship — a sister ship of the famous Vasa, which sank only an hour into its maiden voyage in 1628 — has been discovered near Stockholm. When you purchase through ...

We don’t think of computers as something you’d find in the 17th century. But [Levi McClain] found plans for one in a book — books, actually — by [Athanasius Kirker] about music. The arca musarithmica, ...

WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)—In a stirring acceptance speech after being elected Speaker of the House, Rep. Mike Johnson vowed to be “the greatest Speaker of the seventeenth century.” “For years, ...