In a society unmoored from traditional institutions, many men turn to self-styled gurus to answer the ancient question: What ...

A facsimile of the 17th-century Dutch documents that Charles Gehring spent 50 years translating, showing the condition of ancient records damaged by floods, in battles, in leaky ship holds and ...

From royal propaganda to finding the divine light, Akbar’s imperial wardrobe is one of the most talked about for a reason.

A selection of baby names have proven their enduring appeal, remaining consistently popular over the past century ... especially among male children. In the 1920s, only a handful of names like ...

showing off the new structure around the 17th century warship. Due for completion in 2028, in time to mark the 400th anniversary of the shipwreck, the cost of the project is estimated at up to 17. ...

Stockholm (AFP) – A Swedish museum has launched a massive four-year project to preserve the sagging hull of the Vasa, a majestic warship that sank nearly 400 years ago and is now one of Sweden's ...

Women demanding functional, capacious pockets in their garments is not a new phenomenon — but one stretching back hundreds of ...

Workers install a new metallic support structure around the 17th-century warship Vasa at the Vasa Museum in Stockholm. Since then, the ship, which is largely intact, has been exhibited at the ...

Like Robbie Williams, you may think of scurvy as a "17th-century pirate disease" – certainly nothing ... It estimated that 25% of men and 16% of women in the low-income/materially deprived population ...