However, by the 16th century, population growth ... However, many did the job for years. The role included a lot of things that our local councils do nowadays, such as organising road and bridge ...

A 16th Century clock for which "all hope was lost" after it was stolen from a museum 55 years ago has been returned and put back on display. The Drum Clock, which was made in Prague in 1540 ...

An astonishing discovery reveals a 16th-century document containing instructions for space flight, centuries before humanity ventured into space. The Sibiu Manuscript, dating back to 1555 ...

The tapestries are hung in their original position, in the Long Gallery of Hardwick Hall A unique set of 16th Century tapestries have gone on display after a 24-year, £1.7 million restoration ...

Over 30 years since the demolition of the Babri Masjid in Ayodhya, another mosque in Uttar Pradesh finds itself at the ...

Created a year or two before Cantino’s map ... Photograph by AKG/Album The journeys of 15th- and 16th-century European explorers are depicted on Cantino’s map including Vasco da Gama ...