A 16th-century secret passageway built for the ruling family of Florence, Italy, has opened to the public for the first time in history. The Corridoio Vasariano or Vasari Corridor, a walking trail ...

Footbone’s connected to the floor boards. Cow bones were discovered in the floor of a 16th century building in the red light district of Alkmaar in North Holland. The floor, excavated by ...

Franz Helm's 16th-century military manual, Buch von den probierten Künsten, includes some crazy illustrations of the strategies he lays out therein – most notably what appear to be cats wearing ...

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 ...

Unlike today’s turn-by-turn navigation, a 16th-century GPS might have been all about survival: avoiding bandit-prone roads, timing tides for river crossings, or tracking stars as backup.