Emerging in monasteries and convents, apothecaries were later incorporated into guilds to serve the general public. But the ...

How did people really sleep in the Middle Ages? This video explores the unusual and often surprising sleeping habits of ...

The team can now date the influx of silver coinage into Viking realms from the Muslim empires of the Middle East much earlier than had previously been thought. Northeastern England fell to the Vikings ...

Barbara Harvey, who has died aged 97, was a medieval historian who drew on the extraordinarily rich estate archives of ...

In the hilltop town of Sepúlveda, Spain, the 16th-century manor, with its vine-covered, fortress-like masonry, has belonged ...

The city of Toledo had eleven synagogues during its golden age. Today only two of the synagogues remain. Last week's SPY ...

The resurrected story of a Syrian monastery destroyed by ISIS.

The Museum of the Franciscan Monastery Tolisa “Vrata Bosne” (“The Gate of Bosnia”), which preserves the valuable historical ...

European tapestry weaving is a centuries-old craft, which has contributed greatly to the continent's artistic heritage ...

Discover Siena’s rich artistic heritage through its hilltop museums, from Etruscan artifacts to Renaissance masterpieces by ...

In recent years, Nagaland has witnessed a notable spiritual phenomenon: the rise of independent ministries, prayer centres and para-church organization, this proliferation of alternative Christian ...

Wine has been a central part of life in the Italian peninsula since prehistory; in fact, along with wheat and olive oil, it ...