With the help and guidance of Keeper of Firearms & Artillery at Royal Armouries in Leeds, Jonathan Ferguson, we fired a 16th Century replica arquebus, an 18th Century Brown Bess musket and finally ...

We are seeing a military revolution. The rise of the Spanish tercio in the early 16th century marks one such moment: when the advent of the arquebus, a weapon slow to fire and vulnerable on its own, ...

A recent study by researchers Dr. Dorota Dzierzbicka and Dr. Daria Elagina re-examined and translated a rare first-hand account of a 16th-century Ethiopian monk visiting old Dongola, Sudan.

WARNING: This article contains graphic images. Reader discretion is advised. The well-preserved body of an early modern saint was put on display in Spain on Sunday, months after she was discovered ...

The ring dates to the 15th or 16th century, making it at least 400 years old. Photo from the Wawel Royal Castle Centuries ago, signet rings were worn by numerous individuals, including civic ...

a 16th-century stepwell, located in Mehrauli Archaeological Park," it added. The officials said the conservation work was carried out in the last couple of years by a "joint team of the ASI and ...