the Madaba Map is both a masterpiece of Byzantine design and a working map of Jerusalem and the sixth-century Middle East. A detail of the Madaba Map reveals how its makers imagined the world from ...

Class distinctions in childbirth during the Renaissance were recorded. In 15th-century Florence, women were married as teenagers and often had five to ten children, depending on whether she ...

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The Imperial Ming PalaceThis 15th-century tempera on silk painting depicts the many palaces, pavilions, and courtyards of the Forbidden City. Fine Art/Album The key spaces within the Forbidden ...

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In the past, women were often underappreciated for their contributions to science and technology, including early women astronomers. But now, four nuns are being recognized for helping to map and ...

The Waldseemüller map, printed in 1507, depicted the New World in a new way. ... It was a curious little book. When a few copies began resurfacing, in the 18th century, nobody knew what to make ...

Other artifacts include a one-handed 15th-century sword that realized €85,719 ($97,390); a century-old mask from Gabon which sold for €39,563 ($44,950), within estimate; and a sumptuous 17th ...

as well as lighter blocks that outline the walls of the Stadt Huys (as determined from 17th-century maps). Lesser known is the hallway in 85 Broad, which was built as a continuation of Stone ...

Founded in the 15th century, it bears witness to the Najdi architectural style, which is specific to the centre of the Arabian peninsula. In the 18th and early 19th century, its political and ...

The island of Gorée lies off the coast of Senegal, opposite Dakar. From the 15th to the 19th century, it was the largest slave-trading centre on the African coast. Ruled in succession by the ...