Archaeologists recently unearthed the skeleton of a woman they say was probably a skilled artist who helped produce the richly illustrated religious texts of medieval Europe. The woman lived sometime ...

The Bavarian State Painting Collections in Munich have restituted a Nazi-looted painting from the late medieval period to its legal heirs. The 1480 work by an unknown artist had been in the collection ...

Medieval poet Geoffrey Chaucer twice made references to an early work featuring a Germanic mythological character named Wade. Only three lines survive, discovered buried in a sermon by a late 19th ...

“They say a wall is medieval — well, so is a wheel. A wheel is older than a wall. There are some things that work, you know what? A wheel works, and a wall works.” — President Donald Trump “They say ...

The Shroud of Turin has been a subject of long-standing debate regarding its origins. A recent study suggests that it is more likely a medieval work of art rather than an authentic burial cloth with ...

Medieval remedies are attracting growing interest for their ingenuity. Far from clichés, these ancient practices reveal a methodical approach to health. Medieval manuscripts unveil surprisingly modern ...