It started with a Dutch engineer's plot to convince workers to complete a levee project, protecting a key entrance into Rome ...

Every November, numerous articles recount the arrival of 17th-century English Pilgrims and Puritans and their quest for religious freedom. Stories are told about the founding of Massachusetts Bay ...

In the early 17th century, a small group of religious radicals embarked from England to establish a separatist religious community in the New World. They struggled against disease, climate and the ...

Apparently executed during a late 17th century restoration of Cupid and Psyche, the forgotten works were in pristine condition and had been hidden for nearly two centuries. “My first feeling was ...

“It’s a literal connection to our history,” said Arenstam, executive director of the Pilgrim John Howland ... what family life was like in the 17th century, he said. The house is filled ...