Fly-whisks are used ritually to fan temple idols and sacred objects such as the Sikh holy book in gurudwaras, and are a ...

The incident at Chan Chan, the largest adobe city in the Americas, has drawn attention to the lax security at the ...

Many old-school soups were made out of necessity. Soup itself has stood the test of time, but you probably won't find these ...

Madame Drouot hotel pays tribute to the iconic Drouot auction house whilst adding a touch – and even a title – of ...

A British metal detectorist discovered a gold band with an engraved date-of-death in Norfolk.

Two recently discovered ancient gold rings set with garnets reveal how Greek trends and customs became part of life in ...

The bronze ring has been dated to be from the 2nd or 3rd century AD, when the Israeli region was part of the Province of Syria Palaestina under the Roman Empire. "During the walk, I noticed a ...

Customers try on wigs at a barbershop in an 18th-century engraving by Thomas Rowlandson. To meet growing demand, the number of master wigmakers boomed in France during Louis XIV’s reign.

Tom Warren is a senior editor and author of Notepad, who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years. The original Hellblade was a timed console exclusive for the PS4 in ...

Looting the templesHernando Pizarro supervises removal of treasure from the Pachacamac Temple in a 17th-century engraving from Antonio de Herrera y Tordesillas’s Décadas. AKG/Album Meanwhile ...

The German actror stars here as a mythical papess who, according to legend, ruled the Church for two years in the ninth century, concealing her identity as a woman. 5. Paolo Stoppa as Pope Pius ...