Researchers with the Australian National Maritime Museum have discovered Captain Cook’s famous lost ship Endeavour, closing the book on a maritime mystery that has endured for 250 years.

When we admire great works of art, we rarely think about who the people depicted on the paintings are. Behind some famous ...

In Sicily, sightseeing is always more than 'just' sightseeing. The combination of history, a balmy climate and a vibrant ...

Bristol City Council will attempt to raise around £300,000 to buy an 18th-century oil painting of Hotwells. The Rising Squall ...

Forgotten about for years in a Connecticut barn, a painting from 17th century Dutch painter Frans Post fetched more than $7 million in a Sotheby's auction last month. "View of Olinda, Brazil, with the ...

"It was sitting in a barn for so many years and it was just completely untouched. It was beyond dirty. It was so black that ...