In this new study, the researchers note that there were many scientists besides Galileo, Kepler and Copernicus who contributed to the evolution of astronomical thought during the 15th and 16th ...
How a rarely-seen drawing of the Three Graces by Raphael reveals the era's ideas about nudity, modesty, shame – and the artist's genius. It's part of an exhibition, Drawing the Italian ...
Researchers at Lancaster University have examined the skeletal remains of the 16th-century English warship Mary Rose. The team particularly studied the clavicle bone (collar bone) in the skeletal ...