"John Dee Performing an Experiment before Elizabeth I" Henry Gillard Glindoni (1852-1913), Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons A Victorian-era oil painting by artist Henry Gillard Glindoni ...

X-ray of Henry Gillard Glindoni's painting 'John Dee Performing an Experiment before Elizabeth I'. Oil on canvas, late 19th century. The x-ray reveals John Dee standing in a circle of human skulls.

X-ray images of a painting of one of Tudor England's most fascinating characters have revealed a morbid detail hidden for more than 100 years. The late Victorian-era painting of John Dee, known as ...

John Dee spoke to angels and worked wonders for Elizabeth I. A new exhibition, Scholar, Courtier, Magician: The Lost Library of John Dee is at the Royal College of Physicians, and may shed light ...

John Dee, born on this day 490 years ago, was Queen Elizabeth I’s scientific advisor–but he was also a magician. He carried on a lengthy conversation with spirits.