In the 17th century, girls attending a London boarding school learned to make decorative paper cuttings. Several of these creations—including a tiny fox, a star and a hen—survived for 350 ...

Archaeology & History Rare 17th-Century Paper Cutouts Found Under Floorboards of Tudor House. The paper cutouts, likely created by schoolgirls, will go on display at Sutton House through December.

The intricate designs – very rare examples of the paper-cutting art form – were found beneath the floorboards of a former London boarding school, and will be on show until December. View on ...

Historic St. Mary's City, a Maryland-based museum and archaeological organization, is opening up a reconstructed 17th-century Catholic Church called the Brick Chapel on Apr. 12.

The Earth was cooler than usual in the 16th and 17th centuries and scientists are still trying to figure out why. New analysis of sunspot drawings by Kepler, in 1607, may shed some light.

Preteen and teenage schoolgirls made these tiny paper cuttings in the 17th century. National Trust Images / James Dobson In the 17th century, girls attending a London boarding school learned to ...

These 17th-century drawings of the sun by Kepler add fire to solar cycle mystery. ... That method used a "small hole in a wall to project the sun's image onto a sheet of paper," the statement noted.