At the beginning of World War II, a trove of royal treasure from the 16th century was hidden beneath the Vilnius Cathedral in southeastern Lithuania. The gold crowns, jewelry, and other objects ...

Researchers are beginning to release details about a 16th-century Catholic saint whose body was found miraculously "incorrupt" last year. St. Teresa of Jesus, also known as St. Teresa of Avila ...

They gathered around hearths, cooking and sharing food: the first signs of human “commensality ... Since its inception in the 16th century, the navy served three regular meals to align ...