A diverse group show on the broadly defined them of middle age(s) marks an auspicious debut for Roundabouts Now, a new ...

A scientific analysis of dozens of 12th- and 13th-century books found in European monasteries reveals they were bound in ...

Perfumes had captivated the ancient Greeks and through many sources, we can still venture through the world of perfumes in ancient Greece.

Knights and ladies, castles flying pennant flags, sumptuous fabrics, and gleaming armor—these are some of the Middle Age ...

The last witch trial in Germany took place 250 years ago. Yet a global study shows that the belief in witchcraft is still ...

These findings indicate that contact between ancient communities on both sides of the Arabian Gulf resulted in shared musical traditions central to rituals and religious beliefs, Douglas’ team says.

Challenging word-based games are not a modern invention. In early medieval England there was a strong appetite for word ...

Chanel’s signature monochrome palette — the brand’s emblematic black and white — also seems to echo the visual simplicity of ...

The Chalcolithic site of Valencina de la Concepción in Seville was permanently occupied for a thousand years, between 3300 ...

Archaeologists working on the renovation of the Dutch parliamentary complex in The Hague have found evidence that it was the site of an extensive medieval ruler’s palace 30 years earlier than ...

Archaeologists excavating a field in the municipality of Kutenholz in the Stade District, in Lower Saxony, Germany, have ...

An archaeological find of Iron Age artifacts including horse harnesses, chariots and tires sheds new light on English life 2,000 years ago.