The British Museum has announced a major new exhibition of Italian Renaissance drawings , featuring 15th-century artworks so delicate they only go on view once in a generation. Among the 100 or so works will be sketches by Titian, Raphael and Leonardo da Vinci.

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The Turin Shroud was faked by Renaissance artist Leonardo da Vinci using pioneering photographic techniques and a sculpture of his own head a television documentary claims.

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King Henry VIII’s flagship the Mary Rose, a Tudor time capsule likened to a British Pompeii, has won crucial funding for a hi-tech museum to house the fabled warship and its previously unseen treasures.

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Why are we asking this now’ Because the Vatican has just announced that it will market 200 facsimile copies of the elaborately decorated parchment from 1530, which bore an appeal by English peers to Pope Clement VII asking for the annulment of the marriage of Henry VIII to Catherine of Aragon.

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Officials on Tuesday unveiled a replica of a 1530 parchment sent by members of England’s House of Lords to Pope Clement VII to support the divorce of King Henry VIII.

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A Henry VIII lookalike was carried through the centre of London on a rowing boat on Saturday morning as part of a Tudor River Pageant to mark the 500th anniversary of the king’s coronation.

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The last time the House of Commons sank so low, a Hercules came forth from the east to muck out the stables … but could it happen again’ I refer to my friend Simon Heffer. Many cracking pieces about MPs’ expenses have been published in recent days, but few have matched Simon’s work in The Daily Telegraph for clinical, laser-directed wrath.

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The Empire of Mandelsonia, as it is being called, continues to be the only topic of conversation at Westminster.

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Fourteen objects from already-famous Mexico City dig to go on display in British Museum.

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The Aztec Empire flourished across the centre of what is now Mexico in the 14th and 15th centuries. It was an alliance of three city-states — Tenochtitlan, Texcoco and Tlacopan.

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SPECIAL gold coins worth more than £1,000 apiece have been released by the Royal Mint to commemorate 500 years since Henry VIII took to the throne.

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Coin issued to commemorate 500 yrs since Henry VIII came to the throne.

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The last time the House of Commons sank so low, a Hercules came forth from the east to muck out the stables … but could it happen again’ I refer to my friend Simon Heffer. Many cracking pieces about MPs’ expenses have been published in recent days, but few have matched Simon’s work in The Daily Telegraph for clinical, laser-directed wrath.

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The Vatican has opened its secret archives, the repository of centuries worth of documents pertaining to the Holy See, to let the world get a closer look at a document presaging England’s split from the Church of Rome. Dated July 13, 1530, and addressed to Pope Clement VII, the letter, right, asks for the annulment of Henry VIII’s marriage to Catherine of Aragon and includes the seals of dozens …

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SINGAPORE: The genius of Leonardo da Vinci is coming to life for visitors at the Singapore Science Centre.

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A handwritten love letter from Henry VIII to Anne Boleyn, which curators say changed the course of history, is the star exhibit of a new show on the English king who came to power 500 years ago this week.

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Five-hundred years after his accession to the throne, Henry VIII remains one of Britain’s most iconic figures. But, as Sally Williams discovers, the man behind the reputation may surprise a few people

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Five-hundred years after his accession to the throne, Henry VIII remains one of Britain’s most iconic figures. But, as Sally Williams discovers, the man behind the reputation may surprise a few people

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Monarch. Tyrant. Reformer. Husband from hell.

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Henry VIII became the tyrannical monster remembered by history because of a personality change following a serious jousting accident, according to a new historical documentary.

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After Windsor Castle caught fire and the private affairs of her children were luridly exposed in the media, the Queen spoke of her annus horribilis.

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The Showtime historical drama ‘The Tudors’ will end after its fourth season, The Hollywood Reporter said.

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Next year, Showtime’s “The Tudors” will run out of wives.

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Much is known about the rule of Moctezuma II, the great 16th-century supreme military commander and “divine leader” who inspired worldwide awe with his battle-hardiness and wondrous ability to mediate with the Gods.

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Light technology is used to restore colour to a 500-year old tapestry at a new exhibition in Hampton Court Palace.

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The British Museum is assembling rare and precious objects from Europe and South America for an exhibition on the life and mysterious death of the last elected Aztec Emperor, Moctezuma II, who ruled territory stretching from the Gulf of Mexico to the …

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Gifts from the Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I, and products of the workshops of Master Armourer Konrad Seusenhofer. They show that purely decorative armour was being used as diplomatic gifts – as a means of advertising political allegiances through …

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London, Apr 6 : Bosses of hit TV show ‘The Tudors’ have reportedly banned alcohol from the sets, in a bid to help actor Jonathan Rhys Meyers beat his cravings.

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A previously unknown portrait of Leonardo da Vinci, which shows the artist and inventor as a middle-aged man with long hair, has been found. Nicola Barbatelli, the medieval historian who found it, said tests showed that it dates to the late 15th or early 16th century, when Leonardo was alive.

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Park dedicated to artist in France.

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