Many events led to the nation’s beginnings like ... Get all the news you need in your inbox each morning. In the 16th century, the Spanish established their settlement in St. Augustine, Florida.

The tlamatlquiticitl—midwife—offered those in her charge a remarkable 16th-century birthing plan, combining practical care, drugs for pain relief, and religious ceremonies. This story appears ...

A 16th-century painting stolen more than 50 years ago has been found — and is now at the centre of a custody battle between a widow in Norfolk and a small Italian museum. “Madonna and Child ...

Thus, the last place one might expect to see her work is inside a 16th-century Italian palazzo, where linear symmetry is a most valued attribute. However surprising, it is now a reality on Rome ...