DAG (formerly Delhi Art Gallery) opened its latest exhibition on Saturday, titled A Treasury of Life: Indian Company Paintings, c. 1790–1835, dedicated to artworks produced by Indian artists in ...

It sounds a ghoulish note, one amplified by the gratuitously detailed 16th-century paintings that adorn every inch of the walls and cross-vaults — many showing the plight of the so-called ‘new ...

LA MIRADA, Calif. — In ancient Egyptian ruins on a scrap of tattered papyrus, archeologists found written remnants of a Christian hymn long buried by desert sand. The discovery was sealed in a ...

The answer may lie with the British Royal Navy. Since its inception in the 16th century, the navy served three regular meals to align with the shipboard routine. This included a simple breakfast ...

It’s believed that the tomato wasn’t grown in Britain until around the 1590s. In the early 16th century, Spanish conquistadors returning from expeditions in Mexico and other parts of ...

Aaron Taylor-Johnson has won his battle with the local council after excavating a lake at his 16th century farmhouse ... the water and hearing the calling song of a Tawny Owl.

The visiting musicians who put the century-old bell tower through its paces were from the Yale Guild of Carillonneurs, whose members perform twice daily on their campus carillon. “I take my duty of ...

The visiting musicians who put the century-old bell tower through its paces were from the Yale Guild of Carillonneurs, whose members perform twice daily on their campus carillon.

That is if it weren’t for one painting from Jules Breton named ‘The Song of the Lark’, voted in 1934 as America’s favourite. During the panel, assembled as part of the promotional run for The Monument ...

Australian National University. "Century-old clues reveal hidden threat to Australian songbird." ScienceDaily. www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2025 / 04 / 250404122640.htm (accessed April 21, 2025).

There was more to Giacomo Casanova than met the roving eye. Born in Venice 300 years ago today, he is known almost exclusively for his reputation as a philanderer who slept with some 150 women ...