Zach Danz, a UN staff member, reads an excerpt from the Book of Changes during an event marking the 16th UN Chinese Language ...

Chinese Consul General in New York Chen Li attends the evening reception of the United Nations' 16th Chinese Language Day at ...

An unassuming Tudor hunting lodge in the Cumbrian district in the U.K. just gave up a wild secret: rare wall paintings from the 16th century that depict a host of truly fantastical beasts.

The US justice system returned the so-called “Hernandarias Manuscript,” a 16th-century document penned in 1598 by Hernando Arias de Saavedra, the first Creole governor in the Americas.

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Under its longest-serving editor, Graydon Carter, Vanity Fair was that rare thing – a New York society magazine that published serious journalism. @PeterPeteryork looks at what Carter got right. Peter ...

Many also believe the oracle has predicted the return on the 17th century plague in the words: 'A great pestilence from the past returns, no enemy more deadly under the skies.' In an even more ...

I’m sure there are plenty of traditional Chinese love songs one could play to commemorate this festival. Here are five tunes falling nowhere near that canon. Ditch the zither and bust out the guitars… ...

Francis played a crucial role in reforming the Church, focusing on empathy and the act of listening. While the pope leaves behind an interesting legacy, some believe his death was foreshadowed as ...

The 13-page manuscript, valued at nearly $20,000, had been housed in the National Archive of Paraguay since at least 1870 until it was stolen over a decade ago. It next surfaced at an auction house in ...

These outstanding Osaka museums let you revisit the city’s rich history, taste fine whisky and explore world culture ...