It’s impossible to imagine the life of the Russian Cossacks without churches. During campaigns, they set up temporary field churches and permanent churches were built in villages and at Cossack ...

Statistics is just one way to tell the tale of the infamous Salem witch trials. In just 16 months between February 1692 and May 1693, up to 200 people—mostly women—were accused of practicing ...

In the 16th and 17th centuries, even something as simple as a mole could have had you accused of being a witch.

The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum houses four paintings by Dutch masters that represent a variety of portraiture styles of ...

Among the Cossacks, there were not only brave warriors in the service of the tsar and the fatherland, but also cruel robbers and rebels. You will see both in this collection of visually stunning ...

Would you have qualified as a witch in the 17th century? Take this quiz and find out. While the Salem witch trials are the most prominent in history, they were preceded by other witchcraft hysteria.

Archaeologists have reconstructed the face of a young woman who was buried as a vampire 400 years ago in Poland.

Archaeologists in Poland have uncovered unusual burials reflecting a historical fear of the dead rising, including the ...

STORY: In Stockholm, urgent work is underway to save the 17th-century warship Vasa, that sank during its maiden voyage. At ...

Century Support Services is a debt settlement company based in Pennsylvania. To date, the company has helped settled over $1.7 billion in debt for over 259,000 customers since 2003. Customers can ...

Mid-century modern design is hard to pin down. As soon as you think you have grasped it, it re-invents itself. Unlike the late 19th- and early 20th-century architecture and design movements ...