Festing, whose family traces their ancestry to 14th- and 16th-century knights, was elected grand master in 2008. It’s a title he holds for life and is equivalent to the rank of cardinal, ...

The Knights of Malta once cared for everyone – rich or poor – at Valletta’s 16th-Century Sacra Infermeria hospital (Credit: Hemis/Alamy) Of course, Walton’s medicine comes in cocktail form.

The other image is a later 16th-century prosthetic, circa 1580. Berlichingen, who is famous for his appearance in Goethe’s 1773 play Götz von Berlichingen, lost his right hand during the siege ...

Festing, whose family traces their ancestry to 14th and 16th century knights, was elected grand master in 2008. It's a title he holds for life and is equivalent to the rank of cardinal, though he ...

In the mid-16th century some knights of Malta (probably French knights) created a group of dances known as the Branles de Malte, and presented them before the Court of France.

The phrase throw down the gauntlet isn’t reserved for life-or-death challenges today. However, someone who did this in the 16th century wasn‘t playing around. To understand why knights were tossing ...

Embalmed HEARTS found in beautiful 16th century urns reveal their owners suffered from coronary ... It is said the Knight of Berfeillac's embalmed heart in the heart-shaped urn was placed in his ...

A 16th-century sallet (light helmet) bearing the interlinked initials of Mary of Hungary and her husband Louis II Jagiellon, rescued from dusty obscurity as photographed in 1920 within the former ...

In the 16th and 17th centuries, the site held two high schools. And there may be even more skeletons yet to unearth, said the researchers, who plan to continue excavating at the site.

Matthew Festing - aka His Most Eminent Highness The Prince and Grand Master of the Knights of Malta - bounds into the sitting room of his magnificent Renaissance palazzo sweaty and somewhat ...

Before it became a parking lot (coincidentally, once used by the University of Edinburgh's archaeology department), the site housed the 17th-century Royal High School, the 16th-century Old High ...