Here's a woodcut illustration that has been regarded as the 'earliest known image of a coffeehouse'. This piece is from 1674 ...
The manuscript had been forgotten in the library, part of a collection acquired by Dutch Orientalist and mathematician Jacob ...
Three physicians’ contributions to the 17th-century Hortus Malabaricus remain shrouded in controversy after 350 years “My 15 years of research to connect the missing links in the history of Hortus ...
An early Western attempt to classify plants was made in the fourth century by Theophrastus, a Greek philosopher. He divided ...
A new study explores the portrait practice of Beale, the most famous of the early female professional painters in Britain ...
For most of history, the Moon was regarded as a mysterious and powerful object. Then scientists made it into a destination ...
Look 36, a short black minidress with ruffles on the shoulder, was a kind of coda for the collection. It harked back to the ...
Archaeologists believe they found a residence of medieval ruler Harold Godwinson, England’s last Anglo-Saxon king. A nearby ...
Jaden attended the ceremony with his Grammy nominee sister Willow, with her sporting an edgy black blazer and underwear combo ...