India orders curfew after violence over tomb of 17th-century Muslim ruler
Authorities clamped indefinite curfew on parts of the Indian city of Nagpur after more than a dozen police officers were hurt ...
I stayed in a 17th Century Convent… and it was not what I was expecting
I give you… Locke de Santa Joana. Just 15 minutes from Lisbon airport, right next to the city’s biggest park (Parque Eduardo ...
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‘Politically Repurposed’ Copy of Famous Shakespearean Love Sonnet Discovered Inside a 17th-Century Poetry Collection
The rare handwritten copy of "Sonnet 116" features several additional lines, which may have been an attempt to insert British ...
A Peeling 17th-Century Palazzo and the Man Who Was ‘Crazy Enough’ to Buy It
The fabric designer Raffaele Fabrizio found a way to mine the past — both his own and his country’s — by moving into a ...
17th-century castle defenses — the first ever found — discovered in UK. See the find
Battles took place between 1642 and 1651, and Sheffield Castle prepared its walls to defend against invaders. Now, archaeologists working on excavating the castle have discovered defensive stakes ...
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Eagle-Eyed Experts Say They’ve Solved the Mystery of a Missing Masterpiece—Half a Century After It Was Stolen
Brueghel's famous 17th-century painting "Woman Carrying the Embers" vanished from a Polish museum in 1974. Fifty years later, ...
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Lincoln County Historical Association seeks volunteers
WISCASSET —The Lincoln County Historical Association seeks volunteers. Volunteers can discover, learn and share the essence ...