Tobias Capwell is the curator of arms and armor at The Wallace Collection in London. Here, he reacts to 11 memorable scenes featuring medieval weapons and armor and rates them based on their ...
WORCESTER — He was known as “The Man of Steel,” and with good reason. John Woodman Higgins, who owned and ran the Worcester Processed Steel Company in the early decades of the 20th century, made it ...
Widely depicted in ancient icons and paintings, the teardrop helmet is the most recognizable part of a Russian medieval warrior’s outfit. In 1913, a stylized thick felt version was created to mark the ...
Editor's note: The original photo at the top of this article has been updated. NEW DELHI — A slick "Make in India" campaign aims to attract cellphone and high-tech manufacturers to the country, but ...