Artnet

Rare 17th-Century Paper Cutouts Found Under Floorboards of Tudor House

In the late 1980s, local activists were scrambling to protect Sutton House, a 500-year-old Tudor manor house in Hackney, East London. Amid the restoration efforts, workers salvaged hundreds of pieces ...
Ancient Origins

Lost King of Dongola Confirmed by a 17th-Century Arabic Royal Order

Although undated, the archaeological context provides a reliable timeframe. Coins minted during the reign of Ottoman Sultan Murad IV (1623–1640) were found in the same room, placing their creation ...
Earth.com

17th-century paper confirms existence of long-debated Nubian king

A document found in a 17th-century landfill confirms the existence of the Nubian king Qashqash, previously considered legendary.
Artnet

This Creepy 17th-Century Baby Portrait Was Found in the Home of an ‘Eccentric’ English Farmer. It May Fetch $24,000 at Auction

For years, a 17th-century portrait of a child hid on the back of a door in an English cottage that was crammed with antiques, rarely seen even by the eccentric collector who lived there. Now, ...
Smithsonian Magazine

These 17th-Century Poems Painted Pictures on the Page—and Defied the Church of England’s Rejection of Religious Images

George Herbert’s shaped poetry subtly pushed back against the iconoclasm of the English Reformation Vanessa Braganza - Historian, Harvard University George Herbert’s pictures aren’t just decorative.
CNN

Conservators restore 17th-century portrait of noblewoman to remove cosmetic touch-ups

Airbrushing and beauty filters may feel like a modern phenomenon, but conservation work to a portrait painted in the 17th century has revealed that touch-ups to images are nothing new. English ...
The Atlantic

An English Family in the Seventeenth Century

MACAULAY’S “famous chapter” on the state of England in the latter part of the seventeenth century was written with the object of “ placing before the English of the nineteenth century a true picture ...
Local 12 WKRC Cincinnati

17th-century skeleton found with sickle around neck, may be old vampire ritual

PIEN, Poland (WKRC) - Archaeologists discovered the remains of a female “vampire” in a graveyard with a sickle around her neck. Professor Dariusz Poliski led the archaeological dig with Nicholas ...

Step inside 17th century royal property in Rajasthan with unforgettable step-well that’s hundreds of years old. Watch

Take a tour of Rawla Narlai – a meticulously restored time capsule where every limestone brick and silk cushion honours the ...
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We tried a 17th century wobbly pudding—you won’t believe its secret!

Discover the fascinating origins of a unique 17th century dessert in this video. Watch as two men react to a mesmerizing ...
Thomasville Times-Enterprise

Colonial Dames 17th Century members attend State Conference

THOMASVILLE- Kathy Mills, Anita Ward and April Legg of the John Lee of Nansemond Chapter, National Society Colonial Dames Seventeenth Century, attended the 93rd Annual Georgia State Conference held in ...
Yahoo

Wreck of 17th century Swedish warship found off Finland

“We have realized that a lot of this ship still is preserved. It rests in very shallow water, but despite the fact that people have been salvaging the rig and the guns and so on after the wreckage, a ...