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 ...

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 ...

As Smithsonian reports, a new study published in the journal American Antiquity links America’s first domestic cats to a 16th-century shipwreck. The Emanuel Point II met its demise around 1559 ...

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.

At first glance, the 16th-century register found in the Cambridge University Library might not seem the most remarkable of objects. Its brittle pages simply held handwritten records of property ...

Centuries before becoming a remote work hub, the St. Augustine area was claimed by the Spanish crown in the early 16th century after explorer Juan Ponce de Leon’s arrival. In modern times ...

A recent excavation on Mount Zion in Jerusalem unearthed a fragment of a 16th-century Chinese porcelain bowl with “the earliest known Chinese inscription in Israel,” the Israel Antiquities ...

The matching pair of Ming dynasty Chinese 'fish jars' were made in the 16th century for the imperial court of Emperor Jiajing. They are brilliantly decorated with flying fish which, 500 years ago ...