In 15th-century Europe, the apocalypse weighed heavily on the minds of the people. Plagues were rampant. The once-great capital of the Roman empire, Constantinople, had fallen to the Turks.

When it surfaced in 1957, it was too good to be true: a purported 15th-century world map depicting an island to the far west labeled Vinilandia Insula -- the fabled Vinland -- proof positive, it ...

Researchers decipher a mystifying 15th-century document. ... The map, made by a German working in Florence named Henricus Martellus, has long been overlooked because fading obscured much of its text.

When it surfaced in 1957, it was too good to be true: a purported 15th-century world map depicting an island to the far west labelled Vinilandia Insula the fabled Vinland proof positive, it seemed ...

The coins were found at Himmelpforte monastery in Germany, which was looted by rebel farmers in 1525, experts said. Robert Prust Landesamt für Denkmalpflege und Archäologie Sachsen-Anhalt Amid ...

The coins were found at Himmelpforte monastery in Germany, which was looted by rebel farmers in 1525, experts said. Robert Prust Landesamt für Denkmalpflege und Archäologie Sachsen-Anhalt Amid ...

Germany is set to return a 15th Century artifact it took from Namibia known as the Stone Cross. ... The Stone Cross, which bears the Portuguese coat of arms, was featured on old world maps, ...

BERLIN: A German museum said on Friday it would return to Namibia a 15th-century navigation landmark erected by Portuguese explorers, as part of Berlin’s efforts to face up to its colonial past.

MARTELLUS AND COLUMBUS. Contrary to popular myth, 15th-century Europeans did not believe that Columbus would sail off the edge of a flat Earth, says Chet Van Duzer, the map scholar who led the study.

Germany is set to return a 15th Century artifact it took from Namibia known as the Stone Cross. ... The Stone Cross, which bears the Portuguese coat of arms, was featured on old world maps, ...

Germany is handing over a 15th century navigation cross to Namibia, ... Namibia, the Stone Cross was once considered to be such an important navigation marker that it featured on old world maps.

Germany is set to return a 15th Century artifact it took from Namibia known as the Stone Cross. ... The Stone Cross, which bears the Portuguese coat of arms, was featured on old world maps, ...