The middle value of all realized prices for an artist's works sold at auction during a given period, providing a clearer representation of typical market values by minimizing the influence of extreme ...

The 16th-century Portuguese empire bore little similarity to Salazar’s conception 400 years later. The original aim was to create trading bases in India and beyond. Park nicely comments that European ...

Botanical gardens are a peaceful escape from the cacophony of city life, displaying fascinating varieties of plant species ...

While Indigenous Australians have inhabited the continent of Australia for thousands of years and traded with nearby islanders, the first documented landing on Australian soil by a European was in ...

Findings suggest that European aristocracy used embalming techniques in the 16th and 17th centuries ... conducted in Marseille during the 18th century. Cases of embalming among multiple ...

Before long, Portuguese merchants were trading in luxury goods (mother-of-pearl ewer made in Gujarat, India, in the early 16th century and ... westernmost country in Europe, Portugal was the ...

The Hagia Sophia remains a highly popular tourist destination, attracting millions of travelers. Here is a detailed look at ...

A hidden chamber inside Tlayócoc Cave in Mexico’s Sierra de Guerrero has revealed ancient artifacts that may shed light on the mysterious Tlacotepehua people, a lost civilization known only through ...

Its radiocarbon dating revealed that the sample belongs to a period spanning from the early 16th century to the late 17th century, coinciding with the reign of Rudolf II, a monarch known for his ...

"The land of the bad people,' was how he would characterize the region where this incident occurred, and with this final impression, he soon departed again for Europe. The enduring legacy of the ...

A fragment of “lost” music found in the pages of Scotland’s first full-length printed book is part of a new work which will receive its ...