The word "ninja" may bring to mind a person dressed mostly in black, but what they wore was actually quite different.

Piazzetta's unusual way of depicting a "Peasant Girl" and a "Shepherd Boy" is evidenced first of all by his choice of a transverse oval picture format. Only a partial view of the boy is given, and his ...

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 ...

Ultimately, he “wasn’t getting nutrients.” That’s what led to the scurvy diagnosis. “A 17th century pirate disease,” he said. Indeed, scurvy is a disease that occurs when one is vitamin C deficient, ...

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It happened between December 2024 and March 4 2025 when the incident was first reported to the police. The stolen statue, which was created by the sculptor John Nost, dates back to the late 17th ...

In a revealing new interview, singer Robbie Williams shared his unexpected health struggle, revealing that he was diagnosed with scurvy, referred to as a "17th-century pirate disease", after a ...

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. ...

Workers install a new metallic support structure for the 17th-century warship Vasa at the Vasa Museum in Stockholm, Sweden, on April 8, 2025. Photo by Jonathan NACKSTRAND / AFP Due for completion ...

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 ...