While it is often portrayed as one of the cruellest and most horrifying practices imaginable, my recent research shows that ...

A groundbreaking show at the Louvre dedicated to the medieval painter Cimabue includes an exceptionally rare panel discovered ...

Oxford students Natasha Jenman and Luka Liu discussed their ongoing research into the medieval Jewish community of Lincoln in ...

More than a century after its medieval centre served as the backdrop of Nosferatu, a new Oscar-nominated remake is putting ...

Its fortunes climaxed during the first half of the 14th century, when Duccio di Buoninsegna – “the flower from whose seed all ...

The Egyptians treated them with reverence and adoration having, first domesticated them 4,000 years ago. Since then the small ...

Nestled in the centre of this popular Canary Island lies a medieval village a world away from the crowded tourist hotspots, ...

A new revival of Christopher Marlowe's pioneering play about the 14th-Century King of England puts the spotlight back on his ...

As archaeologists began excavations at the site, they unearthed at least 30 graves of infants and young children, including ...

Remains of a Medieval Church Found Burried Under Parking Lot, Contained Graves of 'Eaves Children' Archaeologists finding ...

Either way, the name comes from the Old Norse word for “wharf” — and Bruges did indeed arise as a trading centre. By the ...

A GROUNDBREAKING discovery has unearthed mysterious tunnels which may have been sketched by Leonardo da Vinci over 500 years ...